Programming Skills
Skill Level Experience Background
Database :: API :: SQL-based advanced  3 years Master Thesis
Database :: DBMS :: Oracle involved  1 year Master Thesis
Database :: DBMS :: PostgreSQL (pgsql) advanced  2 years Master Thesis / Bioinformatics
Operating System :: Embedded :: VxWorks advanced  8 years Tektronix Measurement Software
Operating System :: Desktop :: Linux excellent 11 years Drivers / Administration / Book
Programming Language :: C excellent 20 years hundreds of Projects
Programming Language :: C++ advanced 15 years dozens of Projects
Programming Language :: Forth excellent 20 years Wrote a Forth Compiler System
Programming Language :: Java advanced  5 years Master Thesis
Programming Language :: Perl competent  6 years dozens of Projects plus Tools
Programming Language :: PL/SQL competent  4 years Database Usage / Master Thesis
Programming Language :: Python competent  3 years some Projects plus Tools
Programming Language :: Unix Shell advanced 15 years some Projects plus many Tools
Programming Language :: Yacc involved  2 years some Projects
Protocols :: Data Formats :: XML advanced  5 years Wrote Transformation Engine
Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics involved  4 years Student Projects
Scientific/Engineering :: Chemistry introduced 10 years Personal Interest / 1 year study
Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis involved  4 years Along Other Projects
Scientific/Engineering :: Interface Engine/Protocol Translator advanced  7 years Some Projects
Software Development :: Build Tools excellent  8 years autoconf head and others
Software Development :: Code Generators excellent 11 years Some Projects And Many Tools
Software Development :: Compilers advanced 11 years Even wrote GCC extensions
Software Development :: Interpreters advanced  8 years Forth and Xml
Software Development :: Object Oriented advanced 15 years since C++ 2.1
Software Development :: Version Control :: CVS competent  8 years along opensource projects
System :: Archiving :: Packaging competent  5 years Wrote zip filesystem
System :: Hardware :: Hardware Drivers competent  6 years under Linux (and one in VxWorks)
System :: Networking :: TCP/IP competent 12 years Setups
System :: Kernels :: Linux competent 10 years Book ten Years ago
Text Editors :: Documentation competent 14 years Byproduct of many Projects
Translations :: English advanced 20 years daily communications
Translations :: French competent 20 years Studies / Friends
User Interface :: Java Swing involved  3 years Some Tools
User Interface :: .Net/Mono introduced  2 years Personal Interest
User Interface :: HTTP/CGI involved  5 years Some Tools
Toolkits :: GTK+ competent  5 years Some Tools

Level is given as
(1) introduced
(2) involved
(3) competent
(4) advanced
(5) excellent