Qualifications

gav on 2004-04-07T18:56:15

As seen on a resume...

Platforms:

Unix, Linux, Windows NT, Windows XP/2000/Me/9x, Novell Netware

Languages:

PeopleCode, Java, J2EE, Perl/CGI, PL/SQL, HTML, XHTML, XML, XSL, XSLT, PHP, Java Beans, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Basic.NET, C++, Servlets, JSP, Java Script, Visual Fox Pro, VHDL Software

Software:

PeopleTools 8.1, Oracle 8i, Oracle 8i DBA, MYSQL, SQL Sever, MS Access, MS Office XP/2000, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Frontpage, Macromedia Dreamweave MX, Microsoft Visio

That's enough qualifications to do the job of eight people!

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I wouldn't hire them

phillup on 2004-04-07T19:34:54

if they really wrote "Java Script" as two words.

I think anyone that has really done that much coding wouldn't make that mistake. (If they made that mistake on a resume... they aren't detail oriented enough for me.)

*shrug*

tinman on 2004-04-07T21:32:17

I've used most of those (PeopleTools, I don't know), but I definitely wouldn't put them on a resume; because I don't think I know enough.

Is that person implying frequent use or familiarity ? Passing "I've seen what this looks like, read some code, fiddled with it" type answers are certainly possible.. Developer level, I-dont-need-no-stinking-reference-manual type knowledge.. ? umm, wow.

Re:*shrug*

Whammo on 2004-04-07T22:30:20

That's why I extend linguistical concepts to my resumé, based on my (perceived) ability to read (understand) and write (produce) some technology: fluent, literate, conversant, and familiar.

Most interviewers have commented favorably on that approach, although I have had to explain it more often than not.

Re:*shrug*

gav on 2004-04-08T03:48:26

I think I'm going to steal that idea. I split my skills into similar categories, they just didn't sound as impressive. I still think I need an extra category for "acronyms beginning with 'X' I call bullshit my way through", is there a proper linguistical term for that?

Re:*shrug*

merlyn on 2004-04-08T11:14:23

I still think I need an extra category for "acronyms beginning with 'X' I call bullshit my way through", is there a proper linguistical term for that?

Just mark that down as "fluent", just like the next guy.

I'm with phillup

KM on 2004-04-08T02:37:50

"Perl/CGI ... PHP". Is he implying he knows "Perl/CGI", or has used Perl only for CGIs? Does he not think PHP is CGI? Is CGI just implied with saying PHP and needs to be specified with Perl?

Re:I'm with phillup

gav on 2004-04-08T03:53:04

At least he didn't commit the sin of writing "C/C++", though calling HTML a language is almost as bad.

The real shock to me is that somebody would claim that they had working knowledge of so many disparate technologies.

Re:I'm with phillup

delegatrix on 2004-04-09T02:33:33

Yeah, I'm always skeptical when too many odd combinations are listed. I think those resume sections need to be targetted for the job under consideration. If the job was such that all those Java, Perl, XML skills are listed, why bother cramming in Dreamweaver, too? I usually don't care if my programmers know MX or not.