Re: Slightly OT: RPG Certifications

["Jim Franz" <jfranz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For our shop (a few years ago) we had 15 programmers to certify.
We did our own in-house training, with 2 senior pgmrs building the
course and coaching others. Classes were after hours (with pizza),
but paid a cash bonus for each cert (cheaper then sending to a class),
with RPG Developer being the one "required" cert for every programmer to get
within
6 months, and we all skipped the lower level RPG Programmer cert.
We did expand this to many other certifications.
We also paid the "trainers" a bonus to develop the course. Unfortunately
that
material not currently available.
There are several companies with books, self-study materials and conferences
to attend, as well
as local user groups.
I can point you to some offline, but I have not personally used them for
this.
I will say that Common, RPG World, IBM Tech Conferences, and others like
this
are great for getting up to speed on this stuff.

jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:21 PM
Subject: RE: Slightly OT: RPG Certifications


> This brings me to my question. Where do you go to get the knowledge needed
> to complete the test? Is there companies besides IBM that teach these
> classes.
>
>
> Mike Wills
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:11 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: Slightly OT: RPG Certifications
>
> There are two different RPG Certifications, Programmer and Developer (with
> Developer being the harder one. To read the requirements see
> http://www-1.ibm.com/certify/certs/a4_index.shtml
> I found that requiring the cert (or dangling a bonus "carrot") was a good
> way to nudge experienced programmers into a broader knowledge of RPG,
which
> was a benefit to both company and employee.
> jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wills, Mike N. (TC)" <MNWills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:40 PM
> Subject: Slightly OT: RPG Certifications
>
>
> > We are looking at getting our programmers IBM certified in RPG.
> Personally,
> > I think it is more for the "look at we got" more than anything, but none
> the
> > less we are looking into it. We discovered IBM's prep classes but don't
> > really like the costs so much. Obviously, we have quite a bit of
knowledge
> > here but there are areas (like pointers) we need help in. Can anyone
> > recommend a prep class or books for the RPG Developer Certification?
> >
> > David, if this should be somewhere else let me know....
> >
> > Mike Wills
> > Lawson Programmer/Administrator
> > Taylor Corporation
> > Email: mnwills AT taylorcorpNOSPAM DOT com
> > AIM: iSeriesCodePoet
> >
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