[JOB] Perl / Database Developer - Financial Sector

[Joel Bernstein]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:07:04PM +0100, Dave Cross wrote:
> Ash Berlin wrote:
> >ben at bpfh.net wrote:
> >>People frequently ask "How do I get into perl in the financial industry"?
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >>Skills Required:     - Sybase (5+ years)
> >>    - Perl (3+ years)
> >>    - Application design (5+ years)
> >>    - Working knowledge of financial industry (3+ years)
> >>
> >
> >How does 'get into perl in the financial industry' and '3+ years' 
> >experience add up?
> 
> Because it's
> 
>   get into (perl in the financial industry)
> 
> not
> 
>   (get into perl) in the financial industry

How does one get into the financial industry given it requires 3+ years
working knowledge? Doesn't this sound like a Catch-22 to anybody else?

/joel