Perl Career Mentorship

$mentor + $mentee == $success

The mentor-mentee relationship creates Perl synergy.
Any Perl developer can be a mentor if they so choose.
You can improve your leadership skills while simultaneously helping others & promoting Perl.
Identify the experience level which most closely fits & don't try to meet every requirement.
Listed salaries are on the high end & vary with local cost of living.
Mentors should be at least 1 level above their mentee(s).
Mentors & mentees should meet at least monthly while working to complete specific projects & set SMART goals.
Members can connect via Facebook or Zoom or at any Perl event.
Suggested Reading:
How To Win Friends & Influence People (1936)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
Mentoring 101 (2008)
10 Steps to Successful Mentoring (2019)
The Mentoring Manual (2014)

Bootstrapping Yourself

Technical	Social	Commercial
Work Experience: *0 - 1 years* Education or Equivalent: *middle school - high school* Suggested Reading: *Learning Perl* (2021) *Learning Perl Exercises* (2020) *Learning RPerl* (2018) *Perl Taster* (2017) *Beginning Perl Programming* (2019) *Beginner Perl Maven* (2018)	FOSS Contributions: *0 - 1 projects* Perl Conferences: *0 - 1 attendances* Blogs Authored: *1 - 5 posts* CPAN: *0 - 1 river 0 distributions*	Non-FOSS Contributions: *0 - 1 products* Annual Salary: *$0 - $40K*

Building A Solid Foundation

Technical	Social	Commercial
Work Experience: *1 - 3 years* Education or Equivalent: *high school - junior college* Suggested Reading: *Intermediate Perl* (2006) *Perl New Features* (2021) *Perl Pocket Reference* (2011) *Perl By Example* (2015) *A Practical Guide to Testing in Modern Perl* (2018)	FOSS Contributions: *1 - 2 projects* Perl Conferences: *1 - 3 attendances* Blogs Authored: *5 - 20 posts* CPAN: *1 - 3 river 1 distributions*	Non-FOSS Contributions: *1 - 2 products* Leadership: *0 - 1 teams lead or products owned* Annual Salary: *$40K - $80K*

Paying Your Dues

Technical	Social	Commercial
Work Experience: *3 - 7 years* Education or Equivalent: *associate - bachelor* Suggested Reading: *Mastering Perl* (2007) *Perl Best Practices* (2005) *Perl Hacks* (2006) *Modern Perl* (2015) *Pro Perl Programming* (2020)	FOSS Contributions: *2 - 4 projects* Perl Conferences: *1 - 2 talks* Blogs Authored: *20 - 40 posts* Mentees: *1 - 2 people* CPAN: *3 - 5 river 2 distributions*	Non-FOSS Contributions: *2 - 4 products* Leadership: *1 - 3 teams lead or products owned* Annual Salary: *$80K - $140K*

Coming Into Your Own

Technical	Social	Commercial
Work Experience: *7 - 15 years* Education or Equivalent: *bachelor - master* Suggested Reading: *Programming Perl* (2012) *Automating System Administration with Perl* (2009) *Behavior Driven Development with Cucumber & Perl* (2020) *Mojolicious Web Clients* (2019) *Driving Browsers with Selenium & Perl* (2018) *The Definitive Guide to Catalyst* (2009) *Single Page Application with Perl Dancer* (2018) *Programming the Raspberry Pi with Perl* (2018)	FOSS Contributions: *4 - 8 projects* Perl Conferences: *2 - 5 talks* Blogs Authored: *40 - 100 posts* Mentees: *2 - 3 people* CPAN: *5 - 10 river 3 distributions*	Non-FOSS Contributions: *4 - 8 products* Leadership: *3 - 5 teams lead or products owned* Annual Salary: *$140K - $170K*

Best Of The Best

Technical	Social	Commercial
Work Experience: *15 - 25 years* Education or Equivalent: *master - doctorate* Suggested Reading: *Advanced Perl Programming* (2005) *Advanced Perl Programming [alt]* (2020) *Perl Cookbook* (2003) *Perl One-Liners* (2013)	FOSS Contributions: *8 - 15 projects* Perl Conferences: *5 - 10 talks* Books Authored: *1 - 3 volumes* Mentees: *3 - 4 people* CPAN: *10+ river 3 distributions*	Non-FOSS Contributions: *8 - 15 products* Business Conferences: *1 - 3 attendances* Leadership: *5+ teams lead or products owned* Annual Salary: *$170K - $200K*

Guiding Organizations

Technical	Social	Commercial
Work Experience: *25 - 35 years* Education or Equivalent: *post-doctorate or MBA* Suggested Reading: *Fundamentals of Software Architecture* (2020) *Foundations of Scalable Systems* (2022) *Software Architecture: The Hard Parts* (2021) *Modern Front-End Architecture* (2021) *Cloud Native Architecture & Design* (2022) --- *The Mythical Man-Month* (1995) *The Cathedral & The Bazaar* (1999) *Peopleware* (2013) *Righting Software* (2019) *The Complete Software Project Manager* (2016) *The Professional Product Owner* (2018) *The Professional Agile Leader* (2022)	FOSS Contributions: *15 - 25 projects* Perl Conferences: *10+ talks* Books Authored: *3 - 5 volumes* Mentees: *4 - 5 people* CPAN: *3+ river 4 distributions*	Non-FOSS Contributions: *15 - 25 products* Business Conferences: *1 - 3 talks* Leadership: *1+ departments managed or architected* Annual Salary: *$200K - $300K*

Guiding Industries

Technical	Social	Commercial
Work Experience: *35+ years* Education or Equivalent: *tenure* Suggested Reading: *Robert's Rules of Order in Brief* (2020) *Executive Presence* (2014) *The Art of Leadership* (2020) *Leading From Your Best Self* (2018) --- *Bulletproof Investing* (2021) *Rich Dad's Guide to Investing* (2012) *The Psychology of Money* (2020) *ABCs of Real Estate Investing* (2012) *Think & Grow Rich* (1937) *I Will Teach You To Be Rich* (2019)	FOSS Contributions: *25+ projects* Perl Conferences: *1 - 3 sponsorships* Books Authored: *5+ volumes* Mentees: *5+ people* CPAN: *3+ river 5 distributions*	Non-FOSS Contributions: *25+ products* Business Conferences: *3+ talks* Leadership: *1+ companies controlled or owned* Annual Salary: *$300K+*