[gobanana]

That's quite sad.

I remember a while back somebody posting on blogs.perl about how bad it was there. We all talked about it at a Perl Mongers meeting a while back. People (smart people) were thinking of applying and moving countries but that post really convinced people to stay.

I've also seen it posted on LinkedIn a number of times (from needing 40 people to 25 people), but since it looks like they are having trouble finding good Perl people then the OP's post kind of explains it.

The Perl world is quiet small where everyone knows everyone (literally). Treat people this way and word gets around. IOW, karma's a bitch.

Edit: I just re-read the date on OP's post. It's actually the same post I cited.