I think that certification and buyer beware go hand-in-hand, which is precisely why the DA should not get involved.<div><div><div><br></div><div>Cary<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Ayen Designs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@ayendesigns.com">info@ayendesigns.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I suppose there would be priceless marketing value to the brand, in terms of visibility, perceived additional legitimacy, etc., but at the end of the day, of what value wouldn't it still be buyer beware? I still think the best certification is the (verified) resume. I can find a brigade of 'military experts' who have done a lot of reading and played Risk and a lot of video games, but I wouldn't want them fighting my war. Someone with good, solid development experience can look up the answers to a certification exam if they need to while on a project, but someone who knows the api forwards and backwards but never developed anything substantial, what are they going to do?<br>
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I think that running a certification program would be counter to the mission of the Drupal Association. On the other hand, I think that the DA and the Drupal community in general would be happy to see such a program or programs established.<br>
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Cary Gordon<br>
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