Comment Important Missing Information (Score 1) 426
How much time do you like to spend time doing things outside of work? A 240 mile-per-day commute will put a big crimp on that, and on TOP of that, you're talking about spending off-hours time with your Perlish Workmates. Got a spouse/SO/kids? Attached to the area you currently live in?
Do you want to "Be Your Job", or "Do Your Job and Be Something Else"?
If you're OK letting your life revolve around your work, including that brutal 4 hours a day in the car, it sounds like you're MOSTLY looking for a sanity check that it's OK to take the Perl job, and it is if you're OK with all the extracurricular sacrifice it entails. Else, .Net, or some option C.
Do you want to "Be Your Job", or "Do Your Job and Be Something Else"?
If you're OK letting your life revolve around your work, including that brutal 4 hours a day in the car, it sounds like you're MOSTLY looking for a sanity check that it's OK to take the Perl job, and it is if you're OK with all the extracurricular sacrifice it entails. Else,
