When MCSE's were just starting to be issued, no one thought that they were important either. However, the PHB's who do the hiring said "Oooooo, you have a sheet of paper from M$ that says your ok. You're hired!" My point is that if you are trying to appeal to the businesses, please look at what has worked in the past for others and see if it can work for Perl as well. Perl needs to move out of the hacker market and in to the mainstream if it is to thrive. In order to move into the mainstream and take its rightful place with Java, it's go to have a perception change. I think that certification would certainly help. Where can I go to get mine? John Reid wrote: > > > If I'm way off base, please let me know. I'm spending considerable > > > brain power on this idea and if I'm wasting it, I need to know. I > > > don't have much spare brain power and I could use it to try to figure > > > out my wife . . . > > > > Ask yourself this question: Are you in need of a mod_perl job? If so, I'm > > willing to bet that there are employers who would snap you up in a second. > > > > As has been said a few times here, certification is pretty pointless > > unless you need some distinguishing factor. With mod_perl, the > > distinguishing factor is that you're available! > > This is an interesting thread. Just one point though ... just who is > available? Are they any good? Have they any experience? Are they telling the > truth? > > Certification may be an issue that deserves careful attention, before idiots > go and try to implement mod_perl solutions, make a complete pig's ear and > give us all a bad name. > > John Reid > OpenConnect (Ireland) Ltd > ------------------------- > You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear ... > ... but it does make a rather attractive novelty luggage tag. > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 16/11/2000 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jimi Thompson Web Master L3 communications "It's the same thing we do every night, Pinky."
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