From: Chris White <cwprogram@...>
Date: 2011-08-12T16:43:03+09:00
Subject: Ruby Certification ( Was: Online tutor for Ruby )


On Aug 12, 2011, at 12:10 AM, Phillip Gawlowski wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:07 AM, cathy alomari <cathy1428@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you !  Thank you!  For the link to ruby-kickstart.  What I wanted to
>> find out is there are "certifications" for RUBY?  And if so, where?
> 
> Lord, I hope there aren't any certifications for Ruby. Write code,
> open source it, and create a portfolio with that. Code speaks louder
> than paper.

I thought about this a bit, as I do agree that certifications do not speak as well as code for assessing someone's coding talents. However, they do provide a way to help get Ruby more exposure in the business world. Some managers prefer to have an objective means of evaluating candidates to help provide some kind of filtering. That is why a certification could help create confidence in the hiring of Ruby developers. I think it would be awesome to see something like this get more Ruby folks hired. However, I also think Ruby needs to have a solid language specification before any sort of certification can be considered.

Regards,
Chris White
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