[GLLUG] Entry-level...

[Matt Graham]

On Friday 29 March 2002 11:36, Heloise wrote:
> Even though I was present at the last
> meeting I guess I missed the part when
> someone talked about an entry-level
> job. My husband mentioned it to me
> later but he didn't remember exactly
> what was said...

"Entry-level Perl" was the description I heard.  If this fragment below 
makes sense, you'd probably be fine:

@filearray=glob("*.xml");
foreach $file (@filearray){
        open(IFP,$file) or die "Dammit: $!";
        open(OFP,">temp") or die "Double dammit: $!";
	fix_one_file($file);
	}

> I'm currently looking for an
> entry-level position where I can get
> exposed to databases and/or linux.
> I know somebody else already showed
> interest in the position "advertised"
> in the meeting but if anybody knows
> about *any* other opportunities -
> please - let me know. 

I don't know of any opportunities in Lansing doing the stuff you 
describe.  Perl is often used to do stuff with databases, since the DBD 
module lets you pass SQL statements to almost any database and retrieve 
data, so this entry-level Perl position will almost certainly involve 
some database work.

There's an operation at the Battle Creek Federal Center that does a 
huge amount of database work with HP-UX and Perl on the backend.  Many 
of the developers there run Linux on their personal workstations.  They 
were hurting for people 1.5 years ago and I almost ended up working for 
them.  Main problems:  It's kind of far away from Lansing, you have to 
be a US citizen, and the background check they perform will be *very* 
extensive.  

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