Re: PHP Oficial Certification
| From: | Chris Shiflett | Date: | Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:24:57 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP Oficial Certification | ||
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--- John Nichel <jnichel@by-tor.com> wrote:
> I'm not big on certs myself. How many MCSE's have we seen who can't
> find the power switch? ;)
This was a big concern for me when working with Zend on their
certification. Especially in the open source communities, certifications
are not considered to be very valuable, and MCSE is the top reason for
this.
Of course, we tried very hard to make this one have a fair amount of value
but not just be difficult for the sake of being difficult. I think we did
a pretty good job, but only time will tell. Regardless of whether we did a
good job with it, the perception of certifications that comes from seeing
clueless MCSEs everywhere is definitely an obstacle within the community.
Outside of the community (where the PHBs reign), this certification is
definitely a good thing for all of us.
Chris
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