Re: Perl certifications (call for discussion)

Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
> Certificates and certification are not the same thing. [...]

Agreed, and certification is what's needed.  Just because they've sat
through a class, and even if the instructor thinks the programmer is
good enough to be certified

> If there is to be a certification standards board who grants such things
> they have to evaluate and give their stamp of approval. The certification
> is only as good as the granting organisation. [...] ...someone just needs
> to start doing it as I doubt that there will be any agreement [...]

Well, there's a few things we'd need to know before setting up, even if
we just hack something out quickly.  First, will there be multiple
levels of certification (Newbie, Competant, Fluent, Abigail) or just a
single level of certification.  Next we'll need to build a list of what
we consider to be the skills required to be at any of those levels.

Finally, a testing procedure will have to be developed, as I know my
boss isn't willing to accept a certification just because the instructor
says it's so.

So where do we start?