Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Rainer Weikusat Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Why do Perl programmers make more money than Python programmers Date: Sun, 05 May 2013 22:09:09 +0100 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <87a9o9b0cq.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> References: <5186aeb6$0$29997$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: individual.net yPHl+A3WdAr7AZtXuhfWnQ/yUT2UTwlpw3/NP6W2MOqJGo6Fw= Cancel-Lock: sha1:qFG675tVVFNs2ApgkKle7q2P0Lc= sha1:7kdZLl0ybNEH43HO6SVmrwirozQ= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.perl.misc:8081 comp.lang.python:44775 jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) writes: > In comp.lang.python Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Sun, 05 May 2013 12:11:11 -0500, Ignoramus16992 wrote: > >> > According to CIO.com, Python programmers make only $83,000 per year, >> > while Perl programmers make $93,000 per year. >> > >> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide10 >> > http://www.cio.com/slideshow/detail/97819?source=ifwartcio#slide11 >> > >> > I would like to know, what explains the discrepancy. > >> Perl is much harder to use, so the average Perl programmer burns out >> after a few years and takes up a less stressful career, like going >> undercover in the Russian mob or the Taliban. So only the most dedicated, >> brilliant and extreme programmers last long enough to become a Perl >> expert, and consequently can demand higher pay, while any idiot can learn >> to program Python, as I have. > >> Also, Perl programmers are an unprincipled, devious bunch, always looking >> for an opportunity to blackmail their employers into paying them extra. >> Python programmers are a decent, law-abiding people with a strong moral >> code who would never stoop to the sort of things that Perl coders are >> proud of doing. > > Now you got me badly worried, using both Perl and Python (and > other, unspeakable languages, but not VB I promise!) Will I > end up as a Python hacker for the mob or worse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde [SCNR]