Comment Modern Stack (Score 5, Interesting) 360
I think you just need to add a modern stack to your resume and put out an example project on github, you'll be ready to find work. The stacks that people are hiring for right now:
- Python -- tornado -- mysql / nosql (mongo or redis experience)
- Ruby -- Rails -- mysql / nosql
- Haskell/Erlang/Functional Insanity -- I have no idea how these people deal with data
- Javascript/ Nodejs -- mongo probably
- IOS Development
A solid web application based on bootstrap.js in any of the first four frameworks will get you an interview. A sample application for IOS should as well, at probably any one of your local agencies / design firms / app shops.
If I were in your shoes, I'd skip the big enterprise languages, like Java / C# -- if you like Perl, you're going to hate working in those languages, and much of the work in those languages sucks, to be honest.
My money-shot idea: learn kdb+ and q and go pull in $250k a year working for a hedge fund / investment bank. Also, it's fun and brain-bending.