On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Vo Minh Thu <not...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/10/7 Michael Snoyman <mich...@snoyman.com>: >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Brent Yorgey <byor...@seas.upenn.edu> wrote: >>> >>> One (slightly off-topic) question: at the top of the site it says "the >>> meeting place for professional Haskell programmers". Is this supposed >>> to be geared towards Haskell programmers who get paid (or want to get >>> paid) to write Haskell? If so, fine; if not, in my opinion the word >>> "professional" ought to be dropped. >> >> The fact is that the site has two functions: on the one hand, it's >> simply a social network for anyone connected to the Haskell world. In >> that sense, the word "professional" is inaccurate. However, the second >> function is to encourage Haskell usage in industry, by showing a large >> number of highly qualified Haskell programmers. In this sense, the >> word professional is very apt. >> >> I hope the word professional isn't scaring off the hobbyists; I would >> definitely want them to be signing up on the site as well. But as far >> as the "marketing" of the site goes, I think our main goal should be >> impressing industry. > > Hi, > > Does this mean it is possible to accurately distinct a hobbyist and a > highly qualified professional within the site?
No. Firstly, there can be a very fine line between hobbyist and professional. At my previous job, I did 95% of my coding and SAS and VBA (the lovely insurance industry). However, they had one project where we needed fast parsing of large binary files and I used Haskell for it. I would have considered myself at the time a Haskell hobbyist, but it's not really clear. Secondly, the only information which is verified on the Haskellers site right now is email address. I have plans to add badges so that people can be verified, but I'm hesitant to do so right now. You can get an idea of how "professional" a Haskeller someone is right now based on their years of experience and their description field. Michael _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe