Open source coding is a better pathway. I'm certified in another language, but I don't think it helped me as much as working on open source projects. Also employers/colleagues that I'd want to be involved with wouldn't put it high on their priorities. Cert. can give you theoretical depth in the language, but you won't get as much practice at working with an active codebase, and interesting OS projects give you the theory too (along with framework exposure).
Better to contribute to an open project, or pick a problem and solve it. On Sep 9, 11:57 am, Joseph Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > To my mind, you can't beat the octocat:http://is.gd/33puw > > - J > > -- > > Joseph Pearson | software inventor | inventivelabs.com.au | +61384150866 > > On 09/09/2009, at 11:53 AM, Joshua Partogi wrote: > > > Hi ruby experts, > > > I saw there is a ruby certification > > (http://www.ruby-assn.org/en/certification.htm > > ) which seems to be fairly popular in Japan. And it seems to be > > quite reliable too since Matz also sits on the board of members. I'm > > still new to Ruby and want to have a career in the Ruby and Rails > > world. As an employer or HR dude, would you take someone that has > > this certification as a consideration to work at your company? > > Please share your insights. > > > Kind regards, > > > -- > >http://blog.scrum8.com > >http://twitter.com/scrum8 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" 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/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
