The way that you show you can do this is by providing a portfolio of accomplishments. We still use resumes but they provide very little insight into a person’s true ability. It is pretty easy to exaggerate your abilities when you reduce your life to a couple of sheets of paper. With the internet it is possible to learn a great deal about a person. I would rather submit my blog than a resume. It shows exactly what I am capable of and how I think.

When you talk to the hiring manager take charge of the interview. Treat it like any good sales pitch. Show screen shots, websites, open source projects – whatever you have done. The trick is that you have to really be able to deliver. If you can give your employer, customer, boss, etc what they want then I think you earn freedom. Over time perhaps we can change mindsets and help people realize that it is what you deliver that matters not how long or where you sit.