in reply to Could Perlmonks be used as a reference?
In the former case, I think that "I'm a bishop (Level 8) on Perlmonks.org" would sound pretty dorky, or would be meaningless to the reader, or both. In the latter case, you can bring up perlmonks in conversation. In either case, having that line on your resume doesn't help.
Now, here's how to throw in your perlmonks experience. When I interview people, I ask "How do you stay current?" which is pretty open ended. That would be your cue to throw in that you read and post to perlmonks.org. Chances are your interviewer will ask something similar, and if he doesn't, then throw it in yourself somehow.
You also asked about wanting to "verify my experience with perl". The time to do that is during the interview, not on the resume. Nobody expects you to prove what you know on paper; it'll come out in the interview.
Two examples: Last interview I went on, at a web-based services company, the boss-to-be asked me to do some trivial programming task, like writing a function to read in a file of people and scores and print out a summary. He gave me a piece of paper to write on. I asked if I could use the computer next to him instead. So I fire up Notepad, and write a full-blown program using CGI.pm that reads in the file and creates a pretty HTML page of the results.
Interview before that, I talked with the boss-to-be about the changes coming up in the (then) new Perl 5.6, and that made it clear to him that I knew what was what.
Finally, if you're looking for a job, I can't over-recommend Ask The Headhunter by Nick Corcodilos. He's also got a website called, not surprisingly, http://www.asktheheadhunter.com. Nick's point is: You aren't there to have the employer find out if you're a good fit; you need to SHOW the employer that you are. It'll be the best $12 you can spend.
xoxo,
Andy
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