From: Todd <toddkennethbenson@...>
Date: 2005-11-04T10:47:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Certification

James Britt wrote:
> Nathaniel S. H. Brown wrote:
> > A school, if credible, would only certify that you know the way.
>
> I disagree with that conclusion.
>
> James


irb(main):001:0> ruby_exists = true
=> true
irb(main):002:0> liberation_exists = "maybe?"
=> "maybe?"
irb(main):003:0> freedom = ruby_exists and liberation_exists
=> "maybe?"
irb(main):004:0> freedom
=> true

Well, mostly, it appears to me, Mr. Brown, that your your description
of "how it usually happens with certification" (them's my words, not
yours) is a concept that doesn't "truck" with a handful of rubyists.
You may be right.  A person may quite very well have to sell hisself
(herself for you lady folk).  Everybody pretty much accepts that, or is
learning it.  But, then, having a reputation might be better than a
letter that claims to know what you're talking about.  But, then, that
really could be just as phony.  I think on the database.theory list I
ran into a couple of them doo-dads.

Personally, for better or for worse, I don't much "truck" with them HR
fellas.

Todd