I been automating just about anything with Perl, shell, Expect/TCL and others for a while now and I’m having trouble finding work. I’ve been trying to break into devops but think I’m seeing some major age discrimination now. I excel in phone interviews (personal/technical) but in-person interviews end after a few minutes if they even start. I hate that.
Where in the USA do you live? Some parts of the USA have more need of skills like yours than others.
Groovy, Grails, Java and Spring.