test please delete

[BrilloPad]

Of my permie gig? Seemed like an interesting enough role and company, but spent the whole of my first month fixing bugs in Perl, which I had no previous experience of. I understood I'd be learning it, but it's hard to debug code when you're still trying to understand the language in the first place. The first permie payslip was a bit of a shocker too

perl is a weird one IMO. If written properly it is fine. But very easy to obsfucate the code.

I remember one interview where I gave the perl solution and was told that someone else had given a one line answer! I did not take the gig.....

[norrahe]

I did it for 6 weeks then left when a new contract came calling and Im about to do the same in the next couple of days

You permie again????

[eek]

Of my permie gig? Seemed like an interesting enough role and company, but spent the whole of my first month fixing bugs in Perl, which I had no previous experience of. I understood I'd be learning it, but it's hard to debug code when you're still trying to understand the language in the first place. The first permie payslip was a bit of a shocker too

debugging perl? you poor sod.

Mind you given some of the perl I've seen in the past it could take a month to understand what on earth its supposed to be doing.

[Bunk]

debugging perl? you poor sod.

Mind you given some of the perl I've seen in the past it could take a month to understand what on earth its supposed to be doing.

Yep, there does seem to be a need for Perl programmers to prove how clever they are by turning an entire block of code into one incredibly obscure and complicated line.

[eek]

Yep, there does seem to be a need for Perl programmers to prove how clever they are by turning an entire block of code into one incredibly obscure and complicated line.

It keeps you in a job. No one else will go near its.

[FiveTimes]

Yep, there does seem to be a need for Perl programmers to prove how clever they are by turning an entire block of code into one incredibly obscure and complicated line.

indeed. Some of the stuff I've seen if horrendous. And in interviews I make a point of how I object to this approach as it makes the code unreadable and unmaintainable.

[FiveTimes]

You permie again????

Fraid so, but only as a stop gap.

[Bunk]

Fraid so, but only as a stop gap.

I like the edit

[zeitghost]

Byeeee



Time to read The Times again.

[Bunk]

News of my impending departure is starting to spread