[JOB] Perl / Database Developer - Financial Sector

[Jonathan Stowe]

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 12:29 +0100, Joel Bernstein wrote:
> 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?

Depends what "working knowledge" means - I've been a consumer of the
services of the "financial industry" for quite a lot longer than that.

/J\