I've been on the bench for a couple of weeks now, looking for a perl/mysql/postgres contract. Apparently the contract market generally is buzzing; but an agent I spoke to says that perl is an exception because nearly all the requirements are for permanent positions (and he reckons perl is becoming a "legacy" skill). Anyone other perl hackers have any recent experience of this?
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Postgres is the biggest crock out there - replaced it with MS SQL server and never looked back.
I'd say Perl is on the way down - they are still fecking about with Perl 6 where as the whole world moved on, IMO, scripting people moved to Python. -
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You just can't get the diversOriginally posted by OwlHootLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Indeed, don't hold your breath.Originally posted by DodgyAgentComment
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Try .NET.Comment
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But perls are smooth, you wouldn't want a #perl would you?Originally posted by DiestlInsanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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Really? Thought it was the opposite, have a few mates who really rate Postgres, lots of 'enterprise' features apparently.Originally posted by AtWPoliticians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!Comment
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I run Postgres for about 2 years and was deeply disappointed - it is a pile of sh1t that is extremely slow, and worst of all it requires fking vacuum to run regularly otherwise database slows down to crawl - I am not too fussy about speed, but Postgres turned out to be a crock and I used very small database with very few updates, it was practically read only, yet Postgres was getting slower and slower: ffs, it was better to reload database from scratch than to vacuum it.
As soon as I swiched to MS SQL server all problems went way - no wonder it is based on good Sybase code, banks in the city used it a lot, not sure if they still do, but they did and there was good reason for that.Comment
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Real men run DB2 UDB
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