Re: Debian Certified
This has been my problem. Debian could be so useful for me at work but
time after time I keep hearing it is a toy created by hobbyists and their
is no support. Actually, there is a list of consultants on the web site
but that's not enough. The last time this was discussed I think the
consensus was these certification programs are scams and they do not
accurately measure skills. I agree but there's no denying, they do impress
the corporate types. That's probably not a good enough reason.
-- Jaldhar
On Mon, 27 Oct 1997 tmalloy@escape.com wrote:
> I have been thinking that some system of evaluating proficiency in
> Debian Gnu/Linux and its applications might be helpful to both beginning
> and advanced users. (and developers also) Many commercial sites hesitate
> to use Linux because of support issues. As this changes, and hopefully it
> will, being a certified expert in some area could be very helpful in
> marketing oneself. I have known several people who have obtained nice
> positions because they were "Microsoft certified". None of these people
> was very impressive, so I assume the certification counted for something.
> Ok, if you have a Phd in cs, or are making a million dollars a
> minute as a programmer you probably don't need this. However I think that
> Linux should, and does, provide the means for someone with no prior
> experience to advance to an extremely high level. Some recognition of
> those who attain that seems warranted.
> For beginners and intermediate level users some basis for
> evaluating ones development is encouraging. Another hobby of mine, chess,
> benifits greatly from a rating system. Of course these are quite differnt
> things. However, it is very easy for a person to tell when they have
> advanced from beginning to novice user. We could all list criteria that
> would be remarkably similar. It becomes more problematic when progressing
> from novice through intermediacy to advanced levels. Many people
> are curious to learn more about linux. I think they might appreciate
> having a sense of how they are doing. This also might have the added
> benifit of more closely involving Debian users with Debian org
> There are a lot of questions that would have to be ironed out
> before any evaluation system could be put in place. I am only inquiring
> if others think this might be a good idea. I am quite willing to
> contribute, to the degree my knowledge permits, to this project if others
> think it might be useful.
>
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