Alternative sources of Perl programmers

[Abigail]

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:06:33AM +0800, AJ Dhaliwal wrote:
> Damian (and Dave cross) disagree with you on that one. A week with them  
> is worth more than a year's actual experience.


Doubtful.

There's a lot more to making a good programmer than knowing the language,
just like being a spelling bee doesn't make you a good novelist.

When I'm looking for a good Perl programmer, whether the candidate knows
Perl or not doesn't matter much (of course, if the candidate claims to 
know Perl, (s)he better shows (s)he knows the language); for a good 
programmer, learning a new language should not be a problem.



Abigail