So the very thought of certification causes many people to break out their industrial strength flame throwers. I wont pretend to get that, but it is obviously a fact. Given the wide, and strong, feelings about certification (and that my suggestion for reading prior art and discussing this at the next meeting had no apparent impact ;), maybe we need to start by throwing away the idea of certification. At least in the Java/MCSE sense.
Let's talk about Perl training for a second. There are a few professional Perl training companies and individuals. But they seem to be almost entirely engaged doing training for companies. I assume that's fairly normal. It's also expensive. One of the key parts of certification is the training that must be available. But no one objects to training. ... So it's the paper that offends? OK. Please bear with me as I think while I type (brainstorm). How many under-employed Perl Mongers do we have in the Boston area who would be willing to semi-volunteer? Would people object to some of us starting regular training courses in the area, targeted at being very low cost for general introductory and intermediate courses? Discounts for students and the unemployed (how to prove?). Special courses targeted at 'sexier' topics (LAMP?). We could pool from the under-employed in our own ranks for trainers working off provided curriculum, paying them for their time (though likely not a lot). It's not a certification program. But the attendants could put the experience on their resumes if they so wished. Is this OK? Advertising the courses could be done creatively to try to increase Perl awareness as much as increasing participants. Should it be non-profit? Could profits go towards funding work on specific projects that might benefit the community (prepackaged RPM's (other release tools) for major Linux distros)? Could we aim forward and offer Perl 6 training? I'd be happy to ask around BU to see how we might work with BU for training space as a place to start. I'm thinking more like 6 3 hour sessions (+ labs?) than the all-day training that most of the big Perl training companies seem to specialize in. Suggestions? Would anyone be interested in participating in this? On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 16:39 -0500, Greg London wrote: > My only gripe is that > it never gets to that point > of an actual brainstorm. -- Sean Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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