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I'm in greater LA and the reason I didn't take a Perl job is that I took the Python job instead. I personally much prefer to program in Python.

As with any situation where people have a choice, they will take the option that is most attractive to them.

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And, by implication, Perl is not the hottest girl in the room?

(which I'd certainly agree with)

More generally it's been my experience that Python is more broadly used than Perl in the tech-heavy industries around LA.

Python is used heavily in the animation and post-production houses around Hollywood/Burbank (e.g., Dreamworks, Sony) and NumPy is popular in finance.

I was a Perl programmer in L.A. around 1999-2000. I've since moved on to Ruby, which I prefer in just about every respect, and San Francisco, which is kind of a wash. Perl's not a bad language but at this point Python or Ruby just seem like a better long-term investment.

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