RE: [Survey] What would you like to ask IBM about RPG certification?

ROTFL!

I'd like to know if everyone at IBM Rochester has taken the the tests,
and how many actually passed the first time.  But I probably won't ask
it...heheh..

Thanks for the input, Don.  :)

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [SMTP:dr2@access.digex.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 3:50 PM
> To:   DAsmussen@aol.com
> Cc:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: [Survey] What would you like to ask IBM about RPG
> certification?
> 
> 
> Frankly,
> 
> I'ld rather see them Certify that their "business partner's" software
> ACTUALLY WORKS!  ...THAT's the kinda certification that would make the
> most use to me!
> 
> Don in DC
> 
> 
> On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Brad,
> > 
> > In a message dated 98-09-21 16:33:08 EDT, you write:
> > 
> > > I'm putting together an article for MC that is sort of a Q&A with
> IBM
> > >  about the benifits or pitfalls of RPG Certification.  
> > 
> > Congratulations!
> > 
> > >  If you wanted to ask IBM a question, what would it be?  Things
> like "Why
> > >  should I be certified if I already have a degree?" or "I don't
> use SEU,
> > >  so why should the questions on the test about SEU effect my final
> > >  score?".  Anything you want.  
> > <<snip>>
> > 
> > The "why should I be certified if I already have a degree" question
> is pretty
> > self-evident.  Saaawwwrrrrreeee, but I've dealt with numerous people
> with even
> > advanced degrees that couldn't write a decent piece of code to save
> their
> > lives.  Programming is an art, and "ya' either got it or you don't".
> But that
> > wasn't your question.
> > 
> > IBM has tried to develop an "ability-neutral" certification test.  I
> believe
> > that the latter is a fool's pursuit.  There are just _FAR_ too many
> different
> > "flavors" of RPG sites for any one test to serve them all well.  Use
> CODE/400
> > or VA/RPG?  SEU questions are worthless.  Vice-versa is worthless as
> well.
> > ILE sites rarely use RPG/400 and vice-versa.  I would propose that
> there be an
> > "editor" test seperate of the "language certification" test, and
> would ask IBM
> > why RPG isn't seperated into its' various disciplines...
> > 
> > JMHO,
> > 
> > Dean Asmussen
> > Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> > Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> > E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
> > 
> > "A man who is not a liberal in his youth has no heart.  A man who is
> not
> > conservative in his later years has no brain." -- Otto Van Bismarck
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