[aggronn]

My observation while looking at his resume: Why so much emphasis on functional programming? Most shops are much more OOP than functional, and making it seem like you care more about the intellectual aspects of programming than actually solving problems is not good. Employers don't care if you like functional programming if they aren't also huge functional programming people. HR managers sure as hell do not know what functional programming is.

[bsima]

Emphasis on functional programming because I made this resume when I was still working there, but wanted a job with more engineering and I like functional programming in particular. I will update my resume and even make a few resumes tailored to different roles later this week.

[hga]

Indeed. Back when I was hiring for jobs requiring e.g. C++, that would have caught my eye and been a big positive, but going into any length about it will not help you with most people, and at best be a negative for typical HR units.

Mention it once in addition to or with the mention of Clojure so someone like me will notice, and only send the full exposition to companies and positions that are "actually solving problems" with FP; I seem to remember Wal-Mart (and you might like Bentonville, Arkansas after the cold of Rochester :-) and Amazon are using Clojure in production....