I would have to say "probably not". Shell scripts (ksh in big corporations, bash elsewhere) get a lot of use, but managers typically see them as almost throwaw

I would have to say "probably not". Shell scripts (ksh in big corporations, bash elsewhere) get a lot of use, but managers typically see them as almost throwaway, one-shot code. For some reason, Immoral Megacorporation managers do not like non-compiled code, and shell scripts are not only interpreted, they're way more legible than Perl. So, even when you absolutely must write shell scripts for init.d startup and shutdown, or you write shell scripts to set up complicated environments and command lines for WebLogic Server use, writing shell scripts is still considered somewhat of a boring, unimportant task.