Re: PerlMonks XP Value

just a note: only looking at the XP does not mean much. if i were looking for the quality of a programmer i want to hire, i would look through their postings also.

the recent discussion about plagiarism shows, however, that many people overestimate XP. you can gain lots of XP by just giving all your votes everyday.

if employers are looking at perlmonks XP to estimate the quality of an applicant, it's at least nice that they know that perlmonks.org exists, but they're using it wrongly.

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Re^2: PerlMonks XP Value by Velaki (Chaplain) on Oct 09, 2006 at 11:49 UTC
My opinion: Not wrongly. I've seen employers use it as a bar to determine whether they will go on to look at the applicants posts. No different from HR filtering resumes based on keywords and other criteria prior to reading the resume in depth. Thoughts? -v. "Perl. There is no substitute."	[reply]
Re^3: PerlMonks XP Value by john_oshea (Priest) on Oct 09, 2006 at 22:40 UTC
Please let me know who these employers are at some point. A swift check reveals that not only do I have more XP than audreyt, but I also have (at time of writing) a better average XP/post ratio than both her and timtoady. A fact which simultaneously I find both highly amusing and proof, if any were needed, that XP totals can be about as useful as a chocolate teapot. Emboldened by my new 'statistically proven so it must be true' credibility, I'd like to announce that I'm currently working on Perl 7, which will also have an 'early adopter' implementation similar to Pugs. It will be written in Ook, and will, of course, be optimized for RSI... If that doesn't have potential employers flocking, I don't know what will... ;-)	[reply]
Re^4: PerlMonks XP Value by tfrayner (Curate) on Oct 11, 2006 at 22:27 UTC
sigh it's a real shame I've used up all my votes today...	[reply]
Re^2: PerlMonks XP Value by prasadbabu (Prior) on Oct 09, 2006 at 11:55 UTC
if i were looking for the quality of a programmer i want to hire, i would look through their postings also. I agree with you in this matter. gain lots of XP by just giving all your votes everyday. My suggestion is, after reaching monk level, XP for daily login and giving all their allocated votes for the day should be stopped. But i am not sure what ll be the drawback, by doing so. By doing this an employer can now consider his XP and his/her postings if needed. Prasad	[reply]
Re^3: PerlMonks XP Value by coreolyn (Parson) on Oct 09, 2006 at 13:38 UTC
In my case my XP just denotes that I've been around here forever. In comparison to the esteemed mindtrust around here I'm still an acolyte at best. The daily login and XP for voting is a small part of why I show up every (work) day, and I do learn a nugget here and there by doing so. I like the fact that my daily participation in the board is somewhat reflected, even if my contributions to the content have been minimal over the years. coreolyn	[reply]