I have been thinking that some system of evaluating proficiency in
Debian Gnu/Linux and its applications might be helpful to both beginning
and advanced users. (and developers also) Many commercial sites hesitate
to use Linux because of support issues. As this changes, and hopefully it
will, being a certified expert in some area could be very helpful in
marketing oneself. I have known several people who have obtained nice
positions because they were "Microsoft certified". None of these people
was very impressive, so I assume the certification counted for something.
Ok, if you have a Phd in cs, or are making a million dollars a
minute as a programmer you probably don't need this. However I think that
Linux should, and does, provide the means for someone with no prior
experience to advance to an extremely high level. Some recognition of
those who attain that seems warranted.
For beginners and intermediate level users some basis for
evaluating ones development is encouraging. Another hobby of mine, chess,
benifits greatly from a rating system. Of course these are quite differnt
things. However, it is very easy for a person to tell when they have
advanced from beginning to novice user. We could all list criteria that
would be remarkably similar. It becomes more problematic when progressing
from novice through intermediacy to advanced levels. Many people
are curious to learn more about linux. I think they might appreciate
having a sense of how they are doing. This also might have the added
benifit of more closely involving Debian users with Debian org
There are a lot of questions that would have to be ironed out
before any evaluation system could be put in place. I am only inquiring
if others think this might be a good idea. I am quite willing to
contribute, to the degree my knowledge permits, to this project if others
think it might be useful.
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