What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.
A good messenger expects to get shot.
If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory.
Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.