gnat's Journalgnat's use Perl JournalPerl Jobs- February 11, 2005 This is an interesting snapshot of job requirements in job listings. Java's the most-desired tech, of course, but it's interesting to see that Perl (310) not only beats out Python (92) but also PHP (108) and JavaScript (252). Yes yes, Ziggy, it's not a competition, but even in a friendly race it's nice not to come last. --Nathttp://use.perl.org/~gnat/journal/23147?from=rss Your Humble Correspondent- February 11, 2005 After a several month hiatus due to several job travails, I'm now settling into a new role at O'Reilly. This is the new new role, for those of you keeping score at home. I'm in the Conferences group full-time, working on OSCON, Euro OSCON (no web site yet, as the contract negotiations with the venue seem bloody endless), and a new conference we'll announce by the end of the month. So my life is a crazy whirl of schedules, topics, and speakers, into which I've added a metric crapload of...http://use.perl.org/~gnat/journal/23145?from=rss Java Scripting API Opening Up- February 11, 2005 According to Pat, Java will soon open an API for scripting languages. They're only aiming at PHP and JavaScript at the moment (with a side order of Groovy and Bean Scripting Framework) but can a Perl interface be far away --Nathttp://use.perl.org/~gnat/journal/23143?from=rss OSCON CFP deadline is Sunday night- February 11, 2005 The Open Source Convention (and Perl Conference) will be in Portland again this year, but in a larger venue. The Oregon Convention Centre will give us big rooms and plenty of space to frolic. We need you to help us fill those rooms! If you have deep knowledge of a useful andor interesting area, please give a tutorial or session. The Call For Papers goes dark as soon as Feb 13 passes, so please get your proposals in before then. --Nathttp://use.perl.org/~gnat/journal/23141?from=rss |