Luke Kanies wrote: > On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:03 AM, paul matthews wrote: > > >> I realise this could be a long way off as Puppet is rapidly >> evolving, with development still at the forefront but are there >> plans in the furture to offer a Puppet Certification exam. I know >> the subject of certification is not to everyone's taste, but I find >> studying for these is a good way for me to focus on learning all the >> subject areas and to demonstrate some level of competence to any >> would be employers. I think there would be benefits to Reductive >> too, I guess mostly in the area of getting people to attend training >> courses >> >> I'll get my flame proof suit on in anticipation for any replies >> > > We've actually had quite a few people ask for certification, for > various reasons, and we plan on offering it. We hope to have a first > pass available something like the end of 2009. Obviously, the more > people ask for it, the faster it will get done. > > As long as it's a practical exam (a la RHCE/A) it would probably have a bit of prestige to it, and offering certifications is a great way for an OSS company to make money.
I would definitely take this test, would look great on a resume, IMO it sort of validates you're the 'new breed' of sys admins that I've heard some people refer to as 'Agile' admins. I think more and more companies look for these types of people since they're just more productive. -- Joe McDonagh Operations Engineer Silent Penguin Services AIM: YoosingYoonickz IRC: joe-mac on freenode www.colonfail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
