makes perfect sense. glad to know its been experimented with :) On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> +1 to What Rich says > > Community managed examinations are unlikely to be adequately maintained. > > However, someone making a living out of it whilst also respecting our > marks helps to grow the community. We should leave that space open for > people with the time and skills. > > Ross > > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com] > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 12:55 PM > To: dev@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: [IDEA] ASF "Certifications" > > > > On 02/20/2015 12:26 PM, jay vyas wrote: > > Hi apache. Just had a thought. > > > > > > *** Should/Could the ASF have its own project managed develoepr > > certification program (for "industry professionals") ? *** > > > > In apache projects, like hadoop, for example, we see lots of > > certifications come up, which are mostly a bunch of multiple choice > > questions, or a way to get you to take their class, and so on. > > > > - After all, we already have people qualified to be mentors, so nobody > > would dispute the distinction of such a certification. > > > > - I see alot of companies doing these certifications for apache > > projects (i.e. like hadoop for example, but there are others). The > > programs seem to be valuable both to consumers (learn new skills) and > > to companies (Spread > > mindshare) alike. > > > > *** example *** > > On Apache BigTop, I think we could design a great big data > > certification, which would help grow the project, increase > > commitership, and also increase the back flow of collaboration from > > companies as well. I think alot of other projects (for example, even > > the Apache HTTP server, Derby, CTakes, and so on). > > > > Traditionally, the answer to this question is that the Foundation strongly > encourages third-parties to build certification programs around Apache > technologies, but that the Foundation itself doesn't want to get into that > line of business. > > There have been efforts to have community-written tests, and they have all > bombed. This seems like something that a motivated company is likely to > have more success with. > > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen http://apachecon.com/ - > @apachecon > -- jay vyas
