I think this is awesome, I hope it takes off. I have been dabbling in Ruby for quite some time and the thing that has caused me the most headaches it trying to run it on Windows. I think a good foundation in *nix is really important for anyone that is going to be doing serious ruby development.
On Apr 21, 9:40 pm, Justin Bozonier <[email protected]> wrote: > Straight up: We all laugh at programming certifications. > > I recently became involved in UW beginning to create a new Ruby > Certification program in an attempt to help change that. > > The main thing I'm pushing for right now is for the purpose of each > and every class to be to add to a student's portfolio. The idea being > that a certificate is just a piece of paper, programmers want to see > concrete evidence that you can engineer solutions. > > Given this, I think these classes may be of interest to several of you > and I want your input. What would get you psyched to take a course > like this? If you're looking to switch to Ruby development, what are > your impediments and frictions? > > We always complain about certifications and how the universities "Just > Don't Get It" (tm), so now let's take a moment to propose > improvements. :) > > Justin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
