What is The Perl College?
The Perl College is a creative merger of job training and job
fairs. Here are its primary goals:
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Provide free top quality training to qualified junior level Perl developers
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Improve their Perl skills to the intermediate level
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Match the new graduates with Perl jobs in the hiring companies
Perl College Students
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To be the best you have to study with the best
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Get a week of intermediate level Perl classes
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Taught by Damian Conway
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Classes are free to accepted students
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Limited to 30 students
Perl College Sponsors
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Hiring companies sponsor The Perl College
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Enlarge the community of qualified intermediate level Perl coders
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Recruit from a pool of motivated and well trained Perl job seekers
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The number of sponsorships is limited
It's a Win/Win/Win
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Perl job seekers get free top quality training
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Hiring sponsors get direct access to a pool of qualified Perl job seekers
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The Perl community and Damian Conway are supported
The Origin of The Perl College
The Perl College was created to address these issues in recruiting
Perl coders:
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A shortage of intermediate level Perl developers
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A surplus of junior level Perl developers
- Some are not developing Perl full time
- Many are looking for a career developing Perl but can't get needed training and experience
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Companies lacking the resources to train Perl developers
