The Rising Costs of Aging Perlers: Part 2, The Business
At this point you’re entirely justified in asking, “So what?”
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The Rising Costs of Aging Perlers: Part 1, The Data
Hello, Friendly Perl Community! You may not want to hear this, but you’re not getting any younger. This is having a dramatic effect on the bottom line of com...
Announcing the Perl Companies project
A month or so ago Jeff Thalhammer and I were chatting Perl over burritos. We got to discussing how many companies were currently using Perl actively and wond...
Rename Perl 5? Marketing: UR DOIN IT WRONG
Earlier this month Ovid once again raised the question: Should we rename Perl?”
Putting Away My Pitchfork: The Yahoo Remote Worker Announcement
On February 22nd, 2013, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer announced that all remote employees will be required to work from their local Yahoo! office by June.
Is it OK to apply at a company which doesn’t excite you?
A question which just arrived at my desk:
Four Questions To Answer For Every Project
Pause. Push away from your keyboard. Answer these questions:
Improving Perl’s New Programmer Outreach
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much demand for programmers or programming training. In an economy that’s still recovering from the recession, the remarkably...
Stop Hoarding Knowledge
Imagine a manufacturer who starts up a production line knowing that each time a worker reached a certain point in the process she or he would have to walk ov...
‘Fail’ doesn’t have to be a four-letter word
Projects fail. Companies crash and burn. Screws fall out all the time; the world is an imperfect place. Just because it happens doesn’t mean we can’t do our ...