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For what it's worth, a quick search on dice.com gives the following: - perl: 4448 results - python: 1988 - ruby: 1087 So I don't know... apparently ther
by zephyrfalcon 16y ago
For what it's worth, a quick search on dice.com gives the following:
- perl: 4448 results
- python: 1988
- ruby: 1087
So I don't know... apparently there are still many jobs out there that require Perl. It may be that people use it less for new projects, though.
- nprincigalli 16y agoHere's a graph with postings for jobs.perl.org from jan/2002 to aug/2010: http://bit.ly/bFuh7x http://bit.ly/bFuh7x (source http://jobs.perl.org/about/stats http://jobs.perl.org/about/stats)
- pchristensen 16y agoLook like Rails took a big bite out of Perl jobs?
- chromatic 16y agoIn 2008? I can think of other explanations for a drop in hiring around then.
- kentnl 16y agoHey, wasn't that the year the economy started to go south? .... Obviously, people stopped employing people in Perl, and the economy took a steep dive because of it!. Use Perl! Save the economy!. ( nb. for people with no sense of humour, this was a stab at people who don't understand that correlation != causation )
- pchristensen 16y agoCalm down guys, I counted the years wrong - I thought the drop was taking place in 2006-7, when Rails was growing quickly. Also, it was a guess, which was why I used a "?"