>>Perhaps I'll go to the coffers and see if the university has
any bring-a-cool-speaker-in cash laying around. :)
I will try and look into that too.
Kiran
From: omaha-pm-bounces+kiranbina=gmail.com@pm.org
[mailto:omaha-pm-bounces+kiranbina=gmail.com@pm.org] On Behalf Of Robert A. Fulkerson
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:47
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To: Perl
Mongers of Omaha, Nebraska USA
Subject: Re: [Omaha.pm] Let's get
Andy to come to Omaha
Yeah, I'd vote more for the how to get hired, especially 'cause I'm
writing a book, and I'd love to hear their thoughts about the things
I tell them....
It's easy to convince my students how easy and cool Perl is
in comparison to C or C++ for writing programs in their upper-level classes
where the professor doesn't mind what language the solution is in. I've
actually had semesters where students help steer the pace and content of the
class because they want me to cover material that they know will help them solve some final
projects in classes. :) Those are fun semesters.
It's harder to convince them that there's money to be
made if you're not writing PHP, Ruby on Rails or developing the latest-greatest
AJAX/Web 2.0 where-should-we-have-lunch-today randomizer. Perhaps I'll go
to the coffers and see if the university has any bring-a-cool-speaker-in cash
laying around. :)
-- b