Re: Professional Perl Bodies
by japhy (Canon) on Jul 01, 2004 at 16:34 UTC
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How about...
- P.P.D. (Perl Practicing Developer)
- For the beginner Perl programmer.
- P.L. (Perl Linguist)
- For the experienced Perl programmer.
- P.M. (Perl Monger/Monk)
- For the Perl community member.
- P.O.D. (Perl Official Developer)
- For the perl source code developer.
- X. S. (XS & SWIG)
- For the writer of modules that go beyond pure Perl.
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Re: Professional Perl Bodies
by hardburn (Abbot) on Jul 01, 2004 at 15:20 UTC
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I guess you could use "CCC" (certified cpan contributor) and "TLA" (three letter acronym) with no problem. {grin}
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Pretty good idea, to use CCC. The abreviation of the famous german hackers mothership, Chaos Computer Club . Well, like many hackers of the dark ages, even this club became a serious, non-criminal organization with a good reputation in our days. (grin)
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Re: Professional Perl Bodies
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 01, 2004 at 16:12 UTC
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Re: Professional Perl Bodies
by jZed (Prior) on Jul 01, 2004 at 15:41 UTC
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Nursing is the worst at this. My wife is an R.N, B.S, M.A., F.N.P. (I think I'm forgetting some) and it's customary to append all the letters. This is partially a reaction to nursing being downvalued in relation to "medicine" (which according to the official line is only physicians).
Maybe we should all start putting P.M.X.P.Z. after our names where "Z" is I=Initiate ... S=Saint.
Seriously though, participation in Perlmonks or Perlmongers, or CPAN or other Perl community related organizations does IMHO belong on a resume. Even reviewers who don't have the foggiest what any of those are, can still get a sense of the extent of your participation.
The Perl Advocacy page is a little sparse, if this is an issue that concerns you, maybe you could contribute to it.
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jZed, P.M.X.P.A., P.D.X.P.M., C.P.A.N.ID.J.JZ | [reply] |
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How would you tell Acolyte from Abbot or Scribe from Saint?
a vs. A and s vs. S?
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Re: Professional Perl Bodies
by skyknight (Hermit) on Jul 01, 2004 at 17:26 UTC
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Employers who make applicant processing decisions based on the letters that the applicant places after his/her name, as opposed to a real analysis of knowledge, skills and abilities, get what they deserve. Many software developers look great on paper, but put them behind a keyboard and it's a disaster. | [reply] |
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I agree that qualifications on paper are nothing compared to actual skill and being able to get the job done.
However... Qualifications on paper can get you into the door at which point you can impress upon potential employers your actual skill and ability to get said job done.
fx, Infinity is Colourless
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Re: Professional Perl Bodies
by rir (Vicar) on Jul 01, 2004 at 15:46 UTC
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Letters? Letters!?
Be well.
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well put. We shouldn't have TLA, but TCN (Three Character Noise) after our names.
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