[columbus.pm] [Fwd: Perl User Group Job Board, Maypole]

[Leonard Jaffe]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Smith,Devon" <smithde at oclc.org>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:07:09 -0400
To: "'columbus-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org'" <columbus-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org>,"Wilcox, Randy L." <rwilcox at kforce.com>
Subject: RE: [columbus.pm] [Fwd: Perl User Group Job Board, Maypole]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jon at hogue.org [mailto:jon at hogue.org]
> > 
> > Quoting "Wilcox, Randy L." <rwilcox at kforce.com>:
> > > OOPerl on my resume and that should satisfy the hiring 
> > > manager without
> > > misrepresenting myself?
> > 
> > I would even go as far as, if you've used Perl objects, that 
> > would satisfy 
> > that requirement. (Most modules are oo... like DBI, CGI, etc).
> >
> 
> I disagree. If you haven't written, or don't know how to write a
> class in Perl, then you shouldn't put "OOPerl" on a resume.
> Perl is a great blend of procedural and OOP. You could make heavy
> use of objects, without knowing very much about OOP.

I agree with Devon. Having tried to run the OOperl vs Perl gauntlet in
2001 with VZW and not getting in the door.  That said, the OO perl docs 
that come with perl, and the chapters in the llama book and the cookbook
are great resources for all this stuff.

First learn yourself about perl Modules, and how they differ form perl libraries.
The learn yourself the concepts of Object Oriented Programming.
Then take a module, and turn it into an object.  Now you have OOPerl.

It isn't really difficult, but most places that are hiring don't want to pay you
to learn what they need you to know, they want you to know it already.  So pick your 
buzzwords, and become buzzword comlpliant.

Len.



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Len Jaffe           LenJaffe at JaffeSystems.com
Leonard Jaffe Computer Systems Consulting Ltd
Columbus, OH, USA                614-404-4214

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