C# and perl work questions

[snoop101]

Hello all

This is not a which is better post. What im curious about is the different styles of work that a C# and Perl person would do. Im at the point now where both roads seem to be good to go down. I have been working in IT now for over 5 years doing OS/ App support.

As for C# would the program be hired on to create new apps or mostly be hired on to just do C#.net programming?

For Perl would I have to be a server admin and use Perl or could I just be hired on as a Perl scripter? My friend works with Perl, but he is a Sever admin 1st and a scripter 2nd.

[PeejAvery]

It's kind of like comparing apples to oranges. First off, they are totally different. One's a scripting language, and the other is a programming language.

As for job availability. Every employment opportunity is different depending on location and experience. Depending on where you are at affects the business possiblities you have available. Experience will affect with what other companies or people you can work. There truly are a lot of factors that would play into this question.

[snoop101]

Ok lets take Perl then. Can you get a perl scripting job without being a server admin or does it come back to being a server admin first and a perl scripter 2nd? Obviously I understand that a company would hire you if you understood the two.

[PeejAvery]

Once again, that depends on the company. I was never a "server admin" per say, but I have had jobs as programmers/scripters before.

[snoop101]

So not to get away from the question, but looking more into Python and it seems that it has pros from both sides. I know this has been asked before ad when I search google I keep getting the questions from 2002-2006, are more companies changing over to Python. I know google and NASA both use Python. Comparing Python to other languages like C# I find it much easier to learn and focus on the structure of the program and less about little tid bits.