On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Rob Coops <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Praveena Vittal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I like to do some certification in perl,but i could not get any > information > > about the available certifications in perl . > > > > Could anyone help me in this? > > > > Thanks, > > Praveena > > > > > Oh, boy that is a can of worms you do not want to mess with :-) > > In short there is no Perl Certification as there has so far not been any > way > in which the Perl comunity found a way to sufficiently explain all the > possible things that you can do with perl and to test you on all those > areas. > > In the longer versio you will find several posts a year on practicaly every > single Perl board where members ask for Perl certification and a whole > discussion starts on the benefits posibilities and inposibilities to do so, > in the end the consensus usualy being that there is no real way to test > peoples perl skill without relating it to a specific type of problem. > > There are some Perl trainings which are quite highly valued in the Perl > community but other then that there is not a single organization handing > out > papers that state Mr./Mrs. so and so know Perl. > > Regards, > > Rob >
I did a BrainBench certification when I was early in my career. I am not saying it as a perfect one, but it sure did add value to my resume then.
