briandfoy
brian d foy
New York City, United States

I've built my career around helping people make Perl useful, no matter what they are doing or how they are doing it. I write books and blogs, teach classes, and sometimes take on worthy and interesting consulting situations. I spend most of my time thinking about Perl so you don't have to. I think the best technological solution is the one with the fewest moving parts. If you can solve your problem without any computer programming, so much the better. Specialties: Perl

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Addison-Wesley
Jul 2009 - Apr 2010 (9 months)
Remote
Freelance Book Author
Joshua McAdams and I updated Joseph Hall's Effective Perl Programming. Although we added quite a bit of new content, we did everything we could to maintain the style and spirit of Joseph's original work. Even before my involvement with the second edition, I regarded Joseph's book as one of the best Perl books ever conceived.
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O'Reilly Media
Jun 2004 - Aug 2020 (16 years 2 months)
Remote
Freelance Book Author
I'm the co-author of Learning Perl 4th Edition (2005), Learning Perl 5th Edition (2008), Learning Perl 6th Edition (2011), Learning Perl 7th Edition (2016), Intermediate Perl (2006), Intermediate Perl 2nd Edition (2012) and Programming Perl, 4th Edition (2012). I'm the author of Mastering Perl (2007), Learning Perl Student Workbook, First Edition (2005), Learning Perl Student Workbook, Second Edition (2011), and Learning Perl 6 (2018).
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The Perl Review
Jan 2000 - Aug 2020 (20 years 7 months)
Remote
Publisher
I published a quarterly print magazine about Perl. That turned into a consulting and education business.
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BS, Chemistry
Dec 1988 - Dec 1993
BA, Physics
Dec 1988 - Dec 1993
OSHA 30-Hour General Industries
Jul 2018
I-400 Incident Command System For Major And Or Complex Incidents
Nov 2015
Certified Scrum Trainer
Jun 2019

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