Recruiters are looking for buzzwords, so give them that (ie OOP, data structure, database, CGI). But more importantly they are looking for *people*. Explain to them the reasons why you want to be a perl programmer, and why you are a good perl programmer. I am not only a good perl programmer because I have submitted X module to Y site, I am a good programmer because I have a passion for perl and it is what I live for. I may not know everything, but dammit, I am *going* to know everyting.

Basically my advice is try to connect on a human level, rather than a technical level. The recruiter will understand passion, and they know what skills they are looking for, so express your passion for the skills they want.

Of course you should have a decent resume, and probably bring along some perl program printed out to submit that with your resume. The recruiter wont care about the code, but they know you have passion, so they will pass your resume on to someone who will care about the code. The content of the code is also not relevent, but make sure it is damn clean. Comment it so someone else can figure out what it does if they wanted to.

chromatic is right, mention this site. I mean, we all read and comment on perl code for *fun*, that takes a very unique individual. And your reputation here is great.

In reply to Re: Demonstrating Perl nonetheless. Experience by perlmonkey
in thread Demonstrating Perl Experience by turnstep

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