> From: Alex Brelsfoard > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 4:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] (also) Perl > > 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?
Perl's greatest strength, the open, informal, approach, is also it's biggest weakness - it's very hard to convince talking heads about something that does not have a formal structure/owner/parent (like Sun is for Java or MS is for Windows related s/w). Most of the managers I know are not really that aware of CPAN or the fact that Apache has something to do with Perl (that is, if they have heard of Apache). I hate "certifications" of any kind. But to gain some semblance of corporate credibility they might have some value. However, equally important as certifying people, is some way of certifying Perl applications (e.g. "Perl Inside", to steal one). Of course, that is applicable to most open source software in general. But if managers can be convinced that there are widely used evaluation criteria for an application they are selling/buying/using internally can go a long way towards buying some credibility. My 2c. -Nilanjan _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
