Re: Certification

[Pete Cottrell <pbc@uu.net>]

	I'm not going to weigh in too much on pros and cons of
certification, except to say that, like others, I'm also not impressed
with credentials. Candidates impress me with what they have to say in
their interview, not with an (all-too-often bloated) resume with a 
bunch of acronyms.
	The point I'm wondering about, not because I'm inclined that
way, but just because of experience in a litigious business world and
society, is: what are the legal ramnifications that SAGE might have to
deal with if they become a certifying body? What if they grant
certification to someone who passes the tests, but is an idiot and
then is hired by a company by virtue of that certification, and then
takes some company down through his/her boneheaded action? The specter
of malpractice claims begin to appear; I can see entities coming after
SAGE. They may not win, but anyone with a lawyer can be more than a
nuisance.