Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Poll #1 Closed, Poll #2 Opened

Poll #1 is now closed. The question was "Is certification in general a good thing for the LabVIEW community?". There were 28 responses with 25 (89%) voting yes and 3 (11%) voting no. The good news is that a large majority thinks certification is a good thing. The bad news is that a significant number thinks that it is not a good thing. I'm particularly interested in hearing more about why people think that certification is not a good thing and would appreciate any comments you would like to leave about the subject.

Now on to Poll #2. Recertification in most fields is a fact of life. This poll concerns the time necessary between recertifications. Assuming that all other factors are to your liking (cost, recertification methed, etc.) what do you think the optimal period between recertifications should be?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, it's not easy to answer.. I don't know what the CLA recert looks like, but the CLD recert is a CLAD-like exam, not too long to take and just makes sure that your knowledge is up to date ; this is not too bad.
Of course we can argue that after passing a CLD or CLA, if we work with LabVIEW on a regular basis then we *should* only improve our skills and therefore theoretically not need recert.. but how NI can make sure we keep using LabVIEW.. a short recert test made to see if we follow the evolutions sound fair to me.