I don't mention Perlmonks on my resume, because if you mention
Perlmonks, should you mention mailinglists and Usenet groups
you participate in as well? Mongers memberships? Your CPAN
id? My resume is 3 pages, but all I say about Perl is:
Besides having
17 years of experience with Unix, I am very experienced with Perl, and
a contributing member of its community. I was a major tech reviewer of
[list of books], and a tech reviewer of [list of books].
contributing member of its community covers it all
I think. It gives a possible opening in an interview, but
it avoids questions like "what are Perlmonks?". Or strange
associations. Don't assume a possible employer knows anything
about the Perl community, let alone Perlmonks.
-- Abigail
