Hi All, During our discussions on Community Building the question of Python Certification arose. Some members felt that a Python accreditation is needed. I undertook to contact Steve Holden, who attended our Conference, to find out more about Python Certification and the PSF endorsing such a scheme.
The question... >> What is the current status of Certification of Python programming by the >> PSF? >> Steves answer... > Hi, Kevin, and thanks for your e-mail (and for your thanks for > attending: it was a pleasure). > > We did have a fairly lengthy discussion about certification and the PSF > members by and large appeared to be opposed to it, making the usual > objections about "paper qualifications" and the like. > > My own take is somewhat different: I believe that in five or ten years > Python will be everywhere, and technicians will need to know it to > program laboratory instruments and the like. So certification will be > important. > > This is one of the factors that I took into account when I agree to > author a series of Python certificate courses for O'Reilly School of > Technology. The first two courses are now completed, with two more to > go. When a student completes all four (practically-based) courses they > will be entitled to a Certificate from the University of Illinois. > > So I am sorry if this is a good-news-bad-news situation. I am sure that > there will be opportunities to revisit the discussion within the PSF as > time goes by, and with luck changes in attitudes and in the membership > demographics might make a change. The O'Reilly school link here: http://www.oreillyschool.com/certificates/upcoming-courses.php Thanks to Steve for answering this query. Regards, Kevin Gill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
