Conspiracy Theories - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/conspiracy-theories/ Conspiracy Theories - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 30 Jan 2014 13:00:17 +0000 Bits & Pieces 2014-01-30 https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2014/01/30/bits-pieces-2014-01-30/ Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:00:17 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2014/01/30/bits-pieces-2014-01-30/ Links and things that I’ve run across recently.

… or not so recently.

Perl and other programming stuff

Some of what I’ve been doing during my absence from this blog, and some stories I hope to tell in more detail both here and on my software-development blog:

  • Tom Metro and I launched a new brand for our Perl project consulting: welcome to The Perl Shop.

  • I gave a talk on Perl 6 benchmarking, for our local Perl Mongers group, in December.

  • I also participated in the Dallas/Fort Worth Perl Mongers Winter Hackathon. I hope to write more about the experience, the reason I participated, and my data-deduplication solution, all on my SD blog.

  • In the interim, I also happened upon a phone interview with a local company looking for real developers to do advanced JavaScript stuff. I imagine it's probably a really nice place to work, but I was left with a less-than-competent impression based on the interviewers displayed programming skills. That's yet another story, but it's also how most companies do programmer interviews. Brief lesson: if you don't mind looking like an idiot, feel free to follow what all the other idiots are doing.

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