A monkey of all codes

I have a dickload of programming languages listed on out my resume -- more than my peers (I'm a 22-year-old kiddie fresh from college).  I have them divided into "primary" and "other", and tend to switch them around every year or so (syntax and SE/EE API-wise, I know Java very well...but give me 6+ months without it, and I do stupid shit like forget what package contains the collections library).  I've also got other non-enterprise-class things like Lua and Ruby on there.  Then there's C, C#, C++, VB.Net, VB6 (hold on, now -- companies will hire you to port "legacy" VB6 apps), and Perl.  I've completed relatively large-scale projects in these languages that explore the depth of both the language's syntax and its supporting API.  I could probably put scheme on there, but that's sort of cheap.  Of course XHTML, CSS, and SQL get thrown on.  Again, internship/project experience that demonstrates proficiency.

Should I be pruning the list?  I like to think that it reflects my consideration of a language as a tool, rather than something to specialize in the fanboyism of.  It's fun to learn something new, even if you can't retain all you've learned in explicit detail forever.

you should just refine your categories. try something like:
- Mastered
- Proficient
- Familiar
maybe you can come up with better names.

I put Scheme on my resume. But, then again, I haven't got a job yet.

>>2
I would recommend SATORI instead of Mastered

>>1
Prune it. They don't want a fucking history of every language you've used. Then want a résumé that doesn't induce suicidal boredom in the reader. And I don't see how you cram all those on the page anyway. Just prune it down to the ones you think they'll like. You can put a note about how you know every other language too, if you really think they'll give a shit.

If your resume is longer than one page, I would ignore it. It should be tailored to give information relevant only to the position you are applying for. It is not a substitute for a blog.

>>1
Did you mean the Java SE's collections or the Java EE's collections?

>>7

Java EXTREME EDITION

>>8
No, that would be Java XE.