Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread David Gómez
Hi Alan, On May 14 at 04:40:47, Alan Horkan wrote: > word. Point it is the name does cause embarassment to some who have to > explain it to other English speakers more familiar with the other meanings Point is that people should worry less about names and more about software quality. Too much em

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Carol Spears
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:36:19PM -0700, Carol Spears wrote: > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:13:51AM -0500, Clarence Risher wrote: > > 1) What does GIMP stand for? > > > > 2) What does GNU stand for? > > > > 50% is a passing score. 100% qualifies for Advanced rating. > > > heh, this is a problem

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Alan Horkan
On Sun, 14 May 2006, David [utf-8] Gómez wrote: > Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 12:51:52 +0200 > From: "David [utf-8] Gómez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: GIMPDev > Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification > > Hi Alan, > > On Ma

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Carol Spears
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 12:25:59AM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2006, Carol Spears wrote: > > > this is an interesting idea/observation. i wonder if you can clarify by > > either presenting a real life example of this or by stating clearly that > > this is what you imagine might

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread David Gómez
Hi Alan, On May 14 at 12:25:59, Alan Horkan wrote: > In all seriousness I would not risk putting the word "gimp" anywhere on my > CV and I have had funny reactions (funny weird, never funny ha ha) when > explaining the GIMP to users not already familiar with it. Remember that not in all languages

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Campbell Barton
Carol Spears wrote: On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08:21:50PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: On Sat, 13 May 2006, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: [...] Besides that, certifications are sometimes sought for those without the abilities or application to stand by themselves, either in their C.V.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-14 Thread Bart
Mhm, at the Blender site there is not a certication, but there is a link section about professionals using GIMP: http://www.blender.org/cms/Professionals.156.0.html That is good to show that the software is not just for home use. The best certification is your references and quality of work.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-13 Thread Alan Horkan
On Sat, 13 May 2006, Carol Spears wrote: > Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:55:39 -0700 > From: Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > GIMPDev > Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification > > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-13 Thread Carol Spears
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08:21:50PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2006, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: > > [...] > > > Besides that, certifications are sometimes sought for those without > > the abilities or application to stand by themselves, either in their > > C.V. or person

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-13 Thread Alan Horkan
On Sat, 13 May 2006, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: [...] > Besides that, certifications are sometimes sought for those without > the abilities or application to stand by themselves, either in their > C.V. or personally. Listing "GIMP" [1] as one of your qualifications on a resume is more l

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-13 Thread saulgoode
I may be out of line here but it would seem to me that an excellent way of bolstering one's resume and fattening one's portfolio would be to become an active participant in the GIMP documentation project. What better way to prove one's expertise and knowledge about the GIMP than to actually produce

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-13 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
On Friday 12 May 2006 02:30 pm, Olafur Arason wrote: > I think Gimp should have something like Adobe Certified Expert. Well... I don't. > This would ensure that gimp trained individuals could show > that they know Gimp like it's possible to test what you know > about Photoshop. > This test should

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-12 Thread Fennec
Carol Spears wrote: On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:13:51AM -0500, Clarence Risher wrote: 1) What does GIMP stand for? 2) What does GNU stand for? 50% is a passing score. 100% qualifies for Advanced rating. eh, this is a problem test because it would mean that one of our mentors f

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-12 Thread Carol Spears
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 12:13:51AM -0500, Clarence Risher wrote: > 1) What does GIMP stand for? > > 2) What does GNU stand for? > > 50% is a passing score. 100% qualifies for Advanced rating. > heh, this is a problem test because it would mean that one of our mentors for the Summer of Code woul

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-12 Thread Clarence Risher
1) What does GIMP stand for?2) What does GNU stand for?50% is a passing score.  100% qualifies for Advanced rating.On 5/12/06, Olafur Arason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I think Gimp should have something like Adobe Certified Expert. This would ensure that gimp trained individuals could showthat they

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-12 Thread William Skaggs
I think most of the people in the GIMP community would find this obnoxious -- but if LPI were willing to offer consulting fees in the $10,000+ range, there might be some curiosity. Best wishes, -- Bill __ __ __ __ Sent via the CNPRC Email

[Gimp-developer] Gimp certification

2006-05-12 Thread Olafur Arason
I think Gimp should have something like Adobe Certified Expert.This would ensure that gimp trained individuals could showthat they know Gimp like it's possible to test what you knowabout Photoshop.This test should be hard, but not it the memorize everything kind of hard, this would be to ensure tha