Michael Tiernan <[email protected]> writes:

> Under this "plan", I can put on my resume, LinkedIn, etc. webpage that I'm
> "certified" (*wrong word but you get the point*) by *$TESTERS* as having met
> a series of minimum qualifications because I've taken their test which is
> approved by *LOPSA*. This would also allow us to "collect" their badges so
> that, as a fer-instance, I can have five years of the badges for proving my
> competence with system security based on their test which has been
> "approved" by *LOPSA*. We can also use their tests for other things to help
> bolster our qualifications.

sounds like a good idea to me.  Personally, I'd question the need for
involving a shady third-party testing organization.  It seems to me
that the hard part is going to be coming up with a good test  (I would
suggest a 'lab' much like cisco uses for the CCIE.   "Here are a bunch
of [virtual] servers;  setup an apache cluster and a MySQL cluster. 
Use puppet to normalize the configs"  something like that.  you could
even be more open ended.)   

I would think that LOPSA would have more interest in protecting the 
LOPSA 'brand' than some third party, and we'd probably have a difficult
time getting them to maintain a proper lab.  


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