Martin DiViaio on Tue, 28 Sep 1999 06:18:36 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] certification


Nick R wrote:
> 
> Well I think the problem is that you shouldn't be testing rediculous things
> like the name of the third item down in such and such a menu. You should be
> testing the person's practical knowledge. You should be required to do a
> standard task or 2 and then do a few random minor tasks that take a minute
> or 2 each. & depending on the test, you could be confronted with some
> problems that you have to solve, like somebody breaking into your system or
> something. Of course I seriously doubt you could get M$ to do that kind of
> thing. If only competant people weren't wasting their money taking those
> tests, then their profit would drop off considerably.
> 

>From what I've read of the outline, the RedHat test seems to do this.
The only real problem I see with it is that it is one test that takes 6
hours to complete.

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