How do I choose? The money issue is huge, of course, and I think I'd much prefer the Perl job in terms of development preference and work environment. However, I've got the impression that Perl web development doesn't have the future potential in the professional world that.NET has. A search of Dice shows a lot more.NET jobs. Would taking the Perl job hurt my prospects in the future?"
That is because most companies that work with perl don't advertise their positions on DICE. They post their opening on - http://jobs.perl.org/
And let me tell yaou. Perl coders are ALWAYS in demand. The average starting salary is normally from 60k up to 100k depending on skills set (OO perl, mod_perl, etc).
As for myself I would continue working with perl. It's a specialist language that is not going away anytime soon. Currently.NET pays well but that will change since schools are saturating the market with fresh.NET coders (think Java & PHP).
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How do I choose? The money issue is huge, of course, and I think I'd much prefer the Perl job in terms of development preference and work environment. However, I've got the impression that Perl web development doesn't have the future potential in the professional world that .NET has. A search of Dice shows a lot more .NET jobs. Would taking the Perl job hurt my prospects in the future?"
.NET pays well but that will change since schools are saturating the market with fresh .NET coders (think Java & PHP).
That is because most companies that work with perl don't advertise their positions on DICE. They post their opening on - http://jobs.perl.org/
And let me tell yaou. Perl coders are ALWAYS in demand. The average starting salary is normally from 60k up to 100k depending on skills set (OO perl, mod_perl, etc).
As for myself I would continue working with perl. It's a specialist language that is not going away anytime soon. Currently
Just my 2 cents.
P.S. Nothing compares to CPAN.