A few years ago at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference I gave a lightning talk called Ten Great Non-O'Reilly Books. All are worth getting, although the first four are Perl-specific.
Since I gave the talk, Code Complete has a 2nd edition.
If your software experience is what the potential employer wants, then yes of course it will help.
There's no one size fits all, however. If you're applying for a COBOL position doing payroll applications, they probably won't care that you've written Apache modules. It's all about being applicable.
One of the great things about open source software that helps me, as a hiring manager, is that it lets me see your code. I always want to see a candidate's code as part of the interview process, and open source stuff available on the web makes it real easy for me.
The panelists all agreed that the government should fund health campaigns to educate the public about the dangers of pornography. The campaign should combat the messages of pornography by putting
signs on buses saying sex with children is not OK, said Layden.
"I was gonna go fuck the neighbor boy, but the bus sign reminded me not to," testified recovering child fucker N.Curable-Sicko. "Until now, nothing had been able to stop me from having my way with them, not even the prospect of being sent to prison where I'd be raped constantly. Now, with the bus signs, I'm able to control my urges."
And no matter what you decide, if you can, just get out and vote tomorrow.
Why? If it takes CmdrTaco exhorting you to vote on this, the day before the election, then chances are you don't have any real thoughts or opinions on the issues, and you'll just be a coin toss.
Automated testing is the single most important thing you can do on a project to make sure that you don't screw it up along the way. Human testing does not scale. Once you test that your login screen works, you as a human will never run that test again. If you write an automated test to check out the screen, you can add it to your test suite and have it run once an hour/day/whatever.
There's stuff on testing with Perl at http://qa.perl.org/, including slides from a couple of talks I've done on the subject.
TV is not a problem in itself. TV no more causes obesity and low attention spans than Judas Priest songs cause kids to kill themselves.
Why is it anti-TV? Why does everything have to be anti-something? Why do we need a scapegoat for the ills?
One of the flyers says
As an organizer, one of the questions that you will hear most frequently is:
"But what will I/we do instead?" The answer, of course, is: Almost anything!
This just shows that TV-turnoff is a solution in search of a problem. Why not pro-flower-picking week? Or national Read A Book Week? How about promoting the positive instead of pissing on what is seen as a negative?
And why in the world pick on a given medium of communication? You might as well have National Anti-Email Day, or The Great Week Without Magazines. You can't compare content on The Apprentice to the Powerpuff Girls to NOVA to Wall Street Week to Trading Spaces. TV is just a medium.
This whole thing smells like a lot of people who want to get together to tell the world how much better they are than everyone else.
(Scene: A front door of a flat. A man walks up to the door and rings bell. He is dressed smartly, like a Salesman.)
Salesman: Burglar! (longish pause while he waits, he rings again) Burglar! (woman appears at other side of door)
Woman: Yes?
Salesman: Burglar, madam.
Woman: What do you want?
Salesman: I want to come in and steal a few things, madam.
Woman: Are you an encyclopedia salesman?
Salesman: No madam, I'm a burglar, I burgle people.
Woman: I think you're an encyclopedia salesman.
Salesman: Oh I'm not, open the door, let me in please.
Woman: If I let you in you'll sell me encyclopedias.
Salesman: I won't, madam. I just want to come in and ransack the flat. Honestly.
Woman: Promise. No encyclopedias?
Salesman: None at all.
Woman: All right. (she opens door) You'd better come in then.
(Salesman enters through door.)
Salesman: Mind you I don't know whether you've really considered the advantages of owning a really fine set of modern encyclopedias...(he pockets valuable) You know, they can really do you wonders.
(Cut back to man at desk.)
Man: That man was a successful encyclopedia salesman. But not all encyclopedia salesmen are successful. Here is an unsuccessful encyclopedia salesman.
(Cut to very tall building; a body flies out of a high window and plummets. Cut back to man at desk.)
Man: Now here are two unsuccessful encyclopedia salesmen.
(Cut to a different tall building; two bodies fly out of a high window. Cut back to man at desk.)
Man: I think there's a lesson there for all of us.
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How long should it have taken? Is there some standard for how long a new language and VM are supposed to take to implement?
How can they enhance THAT?
What "proper string functions" are you missing that you would like?
Using crappy, meaningless variable names is hardly Perl's fault. See my article The world's two worst variable names.
Since I gave the talk, Code Complete has a 2nd edition.
Not ego at all. As noted in the article, Allison stepped aside so that she could concentrate on Perl 6 and Parrot development.
None of his solo stuff after he left the Misfits was any good.
"Muthaaa!" indeed.
I'm sorry, I read the headline as "Nano-pubes".
Maybe your interviews are a little different over in Europe than in the US.
There's no one size fits all, however. If you're applying for a COBOL position doing payroll applications, they probably won't care that you've written Apache modules. It's all about being applicable.
One of the great things about open source software that helps me, as a hiring manager, is that it lets me see your code. I always want to see a candidate's code as part of the interview process, and open source stuff available on the web makes it real easy for me.
I also would return the movie if someone was coming after me with scissors.
check-out-the-clip-art-scientist dept I think you mean "stock photo."
I don't mind knowing he lost. I do mind knowing what the answer to Final Jeopardy was.
"I was gonna go fuck the neighbor boy, but the bus sign reminded me not to," testified recovering child fucker N.Curable-Sicko. "Until now, nothing had been able to stop me from having my way with them, not even the prospect of being sent to prison where I'd be raped constantly. Now, with the bus signs, I'm able to control my urges."
I bet they could do some initial market research to check the feasability.
Initial research would cost far less than just one super-dooper mega-parka. Too bad the Chinese don't understand good ol' American capitalism.I'd say you've got it made if that's the worst thing in your life.
Why? If it takes CmdrTaco exhorting you to vote on this, the day before the election, then chances are you don't have any real thoughts or opinions on the issues, and you'll just be a coin toss.
Please, stay home if this is you.
No it's not. Squares can only end in 0, 1, 4, 5, 6 or 9.
There's stuff on testing with Perl at http://qa.perl.org/, including slides from a couple of talks I've done on the subject.
This is the operator! Get away from the computer! THE PORN IS COMING FROM INSIDE YOUR MAILBOX!
D&D is 30, as are Rush? Secluded science-fiction-lovin' dorks rejoice!
Ana Marie Cox was also one of the key people at the long dearly-departed Suck.
Why is it anti-TV? Why does everything have to be anti-something? Why do we need a scapegoat for the ills?
One of the flyers says
This just shows that TV-turnoff is a solution in search of a problem. Why not pro-flower-picking week? Or national Read A Book Week? How about promoting the positive instead of pissing on what is seen as a negative?And why in the world pick on a given medium of communication? You might as well have National Anti-Email Day, or The Great Week Without Magazines. You can't compare content on The Apprentice to the Powerpuff Girls to NOVA to Wall Street Week to Trading Spaces. TV is just a medium.
This whole thing smells like a lot of people who want to get together to tell the world how much better they are than everyone else.
Salesman: Burglar! (longish pause while he waits, he rings again) Burglar! (woman appears at other side of door)
Woman: Yes?
Salesman: Burglar, madam.
Woman: What do you want?
Salesman: I want to come in and steal a few things, madam.
Woman: Are you an encyclopedia salesman?
Salesman: No madam, I'm a burglar, I burgle people.
Woman: I think you're an encyclopedia salesman.
Salesman: Oh I'm not, open the door, let me in please.
Woman: If I let you in you'll sell me encyclopedias.
Salesman: I won't, madam. I just want to come in and ransack the flat. Honestly.
Woman: Promise. No encyclopedias?
Salesman: None at all.
Woman: All right. (she opens door) You'd better come in then.
(Salesman enters through door.)
Salesman: Mind you I don't know whether you've really considered the advantages of owning a really fine set of modern encyclopedias...(he pockets valuable) You know, they can really do you wonders.
(Cut back to man at desk.)
Man: That man was a successful encyclopedia salesman. But not all encyclopedia salesmen are successful. Here is an unsuccessful encyclopedia salesman.
(Cut to very tall building; a body flies out of a high window and plummets. Cut back to man at desk.)
Man: Now here are two unsuccessful encyclopedia salesmen.
(Cut to a different tall building; two bodies fly out of a high window. Cut back to man at desk.)
Man: I think there's a lesson there for all of us.