SWW0751@TAMVENUS.BITNET (02/21/89)
In 1987, I heard that a group was developing an exam to certify Ada programmers. Is this rumor true? If so, what is the status of the project? From what I heard, there will be 15 levels of certification, one being the lowest. And that only a few people will be able to reach level 15. I would like to know how others feel about "Certified Ada Programmers." Any information will be appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------- Steven Whatley Graduating Senior, Texas A&M University
billwolf@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,) (02/21/89)
From article <8902201634.AA03717@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>, by SWW0751@TAMVENUS.BITNET: > In 1987, I heard that a group was developing an exam to certify Ada > programmers. [...] From what I heard, there will be 15 levels of > certification, one being the lowest. And that only a few people will > be able to reach level 15. I would like to know how others feel about > "Certified Ada Programmers." Sounds like a great idea to me! Where do I sign up for the exam? Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu
dean@turunmaa.cs.wisc.edu (Dean Luick) (02/22/89)
In article <8902201634.AA03717@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> SWW0751@TAMVENUS.BITNET writes: >I would like to know how others feel about "Certified Ada Programmers." Any >information will be appreciated. I think this is a silly idea. A language is a language. Sure there are quirks to each language (Ada has more than I've ever seen) but you eventually learn them, or learn enough to get by with what you are doing. If I were a project manager looking programmers, I would be looking for people who could produce usable, working, code. Unfortunately, this is much harder to pin down. Testing for knowlege is easy, having the ability to apply it is much more rare. dean -- Dean Luick University of Wisconsin-Madison Computer Sciences Dept. uucp: ...!{allegra,harvard,seismo,topaz}!uwvax!dream!dean arpa: dean@cs.wisc.edu
munck@MBUNIX.MITRE.ORG (Bob Munck) (03/03/89)
In article <8902201634.AA03717@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> SWW0751@TAMVENUS.BITNET writes: >...group was developing an exam to certify Ada programmers. > >From what I heard, there will be 15 levels of certification, one being the >lowest. And that only a few people will be able to reach level 15. > >I would like to know how others feel about "Certified Ada Programmers." I'd like to suggest that the system should involve belts of different colors rather than certificates. Of course, that introduces the problem that the highest-level belt really should be green, not black. And, instead of numbering levels within a belt as "first-dan," "fifth-dan." etc., we should probably have "first-jean," etc. (pronounced "firth-zjohn") The uninformed will make jokes about it, of course: "Why do the best Ada programmers wear Green Belts?" "To hold their pants up." I personally would probably be better off with the little loincloth with sticks hanging from it and a black top-knot. I'd certainly enjoy throwing salt at everybody. -- Bob Munck -- (Disclaimer: MITRE wishes I wouldn't do this kind of stuff. So do my friends.)