Hey On 11/30/07, Bastian, Waldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > o. What is your opinion on an examination that could carry the > title: > > > "GNOME Mobile certified software developer exam" > > > > > > > If the examination is offered by a third party, then I would say they > > are violating the trademark guidelines :). > > But if you suggest that GNOME via the Foundation could offer a > > certification, I wouldn't like to see that, sadly certifications tend > > to mean nothing with time due to people taking them "just to pass the > > test". I think it would be more healthy to have easier ways for > > contributors to show their work and prove how much they have given to > > the project, hence showing their possible employer that they surely > > rock. > > Although the company that I work for surely employs a few rock stars, > more often a project team or company is just looking for someone who > knows how to use GTK+ widgets (think bellcurve). I believe the objective > here would be to make it easier for commercial companies to develop > solutions based on GNOME and part of the problem that such companies > face is finding developers that are familiar with the technology. > Reducing that hurdle will help to make the technology more popular. I > don't think the Foundation should offer certification itself but maybe > it could work together with an existing institute on expanding its > training offerings around Gnome technology. Just my 2 ct. >
Interesting, I feel that anyway certifications tend to get worth nothing when people start taking them "just to pass them", but still I see your point of letting people not in GNOME but users of GNOME's technology to prove they know that stuff. Certification implemented as training could be a different matter, as long as the real "juice" of the thing is the training. I still don't think Foundation should get involved into saying place X is an approbed training center, I fear that would go beyond its scope. thanks for your comment, Diego _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list