How about an intermediate step: self-testing.
Others have already mentioned Brainbench. 3 or 4 years ago I actually saw a few Perl programmer resumes with Brainbench certifications listed.
I'm sure if a bunch of Perl people wanted to write a better test, Brainbench would be happy to administer it.
It would be a start, though I'm not so sure that Brainbench's web-based, open book tests are close enough to a certification to have the intended effect.
Uri Guttman writes:
...[the Brainbench] test is worthless. i took it when it was free and without trying got a very high score.
In the early days of Brainbench I took a test on JSP that they had as a free beta test. Not knowing anything about JSP I took it with the test open in one browser window and a JSP FAQ open in another. I scored in the top 5% or something like that.
-Tom
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