[consulting] Drupal Developer Certification (Was: Cleaning Up After Bad Developers)

[Jason Flatt]

http://acquia.com/community/projects/wiki/yellow-jersey


On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 09:55 -0400, Bram Moreinis wrote:
> I doubt I would qualify, but as someone in the Education field prior
> to seeing the Drupal Light, I would love to work with some folks to
> develop "Merit Badges" towards certification by the Drupal Association
> (see Boy Scouts of America for what a Merit Badge is). 
> 
> I used to do this with high school kids - http://hvscouts.com - we'd
> find our reigning expert in whatever tech support thing a school
> needed, and he would work with a small group write up a description of
> that particular talent and a test for it, and administer it to other
> kids. 
> 
> One could take a handful of sessions from DrupalCon to articulate what
> the "Drupal Developer Certification Merit Badges" would be. 
> 
> Until there is such an "open source" - style certification program,
> any foray into having the DA "bless" developers is going to be dicey,
> as much as it would be valued. 
> 
> -Bram
> -- 


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