Adam Turoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 08:17:40AM -0500, John Adams wrote:
>> I guess I don't understand this. How does, for instance, a PE
>> certification damage engineering? How does passing the bar exam
>> damage law? How does being a member of the appropriate medical
>> society (and the certification, including putting those little
>> letters on his nameplate) make my prosthodontist less competent?
> These certifications are not handed out by businesses that charge
> for training and examination of a specific skill. They are
> examinations to determine the competence of the applicant to enter
> the professional society. Entrance in the professional society is
> an assertion by that society that a person has the requisite skills
> and moral/ethical grounding to perform the job they seek to perform.
Excellent answer.
Doesn't this indicate that we should be in the business of offering
not-for-profit Perl certification (without offering training), both
as a good in and of itself and also to establish a Good Example for
others?
John A
