Why do Perl programmers make more money than Python programmers

[Jens Thoms Toerring]

In comp.lang.python Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat at mssgmbh.com> wrote:
> jt at toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) writes:
> > In comp.lang.python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> 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]

Well, that didn't have a happy ending:-( Should have listened to
my parents when they told me again and again "Never use Perl, just
say no!". Seems I'm doomed - what's the proper way to apply for a
job with the mob?

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