[consulting] General consultant's vent

[Laura]

The Drupal Association does not provide certification, and has enough  
to do already without getting involved in matters best handled by the  
community at large.

Laura

On Aug 6, 2009, at Thu 8/6/09 3:58pm, Victor Kane wrote:

> Really fascinating how this whole thread starts out implicitly  
> dealing with how to defend the interests of website application  
> developers, and ends up identifying with how best to help the  
> employers commoditize our services.
>
> For Kieran Lal, who is a great guy and a selfless Drupal activist,  
> the answer, however, for the audience he is tuned towards is the  
> hideously exploitative odesk (who control your screen while you  
> work) which is "a great place to find certified and experienced  
> Drupal talent." As I recall the Drupal Association had something to  
> do with their "certification" program.
>
> http://www.odesk.com/users/?q=drupal  shows people offering Drupal  
> services for USD $15 / hour.
>
> Couldn't find Kieran's article on the Drupal Association site  
> anymore, but Google cache has it:
>
> http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:3qt1i9jtm_wJ:association.drupal.org/node/398+kieran+odesk+site:association.drupal.org&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ar&lr=lang_en&client=firefox-a
>
> No, not a certification program. We need a union.
>
> Victor Kane
> http://awebfactory.com.ar
> http://projectflowandtracker.com
>
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Domenic Santangelo <domenic at workhabit.com 
> > wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Kevin Stanek <kevins at qfeinc.com>  
> wrote:
> Probably cuz thats just a bottomless, endless can of worms.  Look at  
> your typical certification exams. [...]
>
> You guys are talking implementation details. Making sure MCSE-style  
> silliness doesn't occur should be a goal, but it doesn't make sense  
> to dismiss the concept because someone else did it in a way you  
> don't like.
>
> -D
>
>
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