As a Perl programmer, contributions to open source (CPAN) are a plus rather than a minus. Even with code that is not of general use (mine parses chess games) su

As a Perl programmer, contributions to open source (CPAN) are a plus rather than a minus. Even with code that is not of general use (mine parses chess games) such things generally add to managements estimation of your worth--- at least up the chain as high as they understand what CPAN is :)