I like this idea. I think Perl certification WOULD make the world happier. Then again, I like Greg's idea. Think maybe some of us PerlMongers could get together and actually start up a real Perl certification program?
--Alex > On Friday, February 25, 2005, at 03:04 PM, Alex Brelsfoard wrote: >> I think part of the problem is that it is an open source system that >> doesn't have a fund for advertising. I think if we simply saw some >> commercials on tv talking about Perl, or telling about all it's success >> stories. Heck even if they're just like the Intel commercials simply >> saying "Yeah, here we are. We're Perl. We're cool. Yeah, so like >> us." >> It wouldn't take many to make a difference. > > Perl isn't completely without commercial allies. Being the dominant > publisher of Perl related texts, it has certainly been in O'Reily's > interest to promote its use. That aside, over the last 10 years, the > number of shared CGI scripts written in perl and available to the web > developing community is vast. I'm sure it dwarfs all other languages. > What Perl is really lacking is a widely recognized, widely accessible > certification program. When you hire Java programmers they walk in the > door with papers proving that somebody said they know what they're > doing. Perl is generally practiced outside this whole vetting process. > That makes less technically experienced bosses woozy with fear. You > know you're a genius with Perl, but no 3rd party has printed up a > certificate telling your employer this. > > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
