Depending on where in the world you are, keep an eye / ear out for Data Stax training http://www.datastax.com/events
Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 15/08/2011, at 5:56 PM, Joe Stein wrote: > Certification is good when a community gets to the point that proverbial > management cannot easily discern between posers and those that know what they > are talking about. I hope one day Cassandra and it's community grows to that > point but as of now there is enough transparency in my opinion. > > I would no more get a Cassandra certification than I would get one from > Cloudera for Hadoop (no offense) nor even a CISSP (which I could do also). > > I would rather see a certification in "scalable distributed computing > solutions" paramount to what the CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) has done with > security. Cassandra is the answer in a lot of situations, but not always the > answer. It is probably one of the best tools in your toolbox. > > As the saying goes => a man with a hammer every problem is a nail, DON'T BE > THAT GUY. > > My .02121513E9 cents > > /* > Joe Stein > Chief Architect @medialets > http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc > Twitter: @allthingshadoop > */ > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:23 AM, samal <sa...@wakya.in> wrote: > Does it really make sense? > If yes, I think Apache Cassandra Project (ASF) should offer Open > Certification. Other entity can offer courses, training materials. > > >
