Re: Perl certification (was: Advertising Perl)

[Adam Turoff]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:11:47PM -0400, John Porter wrote:
> Hmm. I think a major factor is that the certification issuer
> has the power to revoke the cert.  That's how it maintains
> its credibility.
> 
> I think this is essential.  We can say, "You can have the cert
> by passing a test; but if you fsck up in the real world, you
> lose it."

There's a huge difference between certified professional societies
and IT certifications.  When professional societies (medicine, law,
accountancy, engineering) revoke a certification, there's some legal 
liability involved with the mispractice.  Somebody died, came close
to dying or broke the law.

MCSE isn't even close to being in the same league.  That would be like
having disbarment come as a result of not getting the backups finished
before 2am, followed by legal proceedings.  Not even close to being
the same kettle of fish.

> It would put an onus on employers to report evidence of incompetence.

If there were no legal liability, this would quickly become a slippery
slope.

Z.