the "no good Perl jobs"/"no good Perl programmers" myth

[Peter Corlett]

On 9 Aug 2006, at 21:06, Paul Makepeace wrote:
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> Our first line recruiters ask candidates questions on well, let's just
> say it's pretty freakin' technical. If you're recruiting technical
> hires your recruiters should be versed in matters technical. We do
> require a degree though, even our admins. Java, python, C++, perl,
> haskell, R, C, Lisp...; it's all good.

Why do you require a degree?

Are you just after people who can suffer years of stupid rules and  
bureaucracy on no money? ;)