Re: RFC: a new try for an official community approved certification

Hi,

Le ven. 2 juin 2023 à 15:13, Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi046(at)uottawa(dot)ca> a
écrit :

> Hello all,
>
> Not sure about this idea, but possibly a better one than having a single
> company (ex. Red Hat and EDB come to mind) run the show for
> certifications/competency rating. I like it from this respect.
>
>
There are other companies doing PostgreSQL certification. SRA in Japan, and
Dalibo in France (disclaimer: I work for Dalibo) offer certification exams
for their customers.

I will love the idea if you are able to, somehow, offer the
> training/testing in languages other than English. PostgreSQL is an
> international open source project and English-only training/testing is not
> very appropriate. This gives a huge advantage to the community's native
> English speakers (the goal here is to produce something 'unbiased' I
> thought).
>
> Perhaps develop it in English, with input from those from non-English
> speaking countries on your working group, and then have it translated into
> multiple languages (also: be careful how you prioritize these, but if you
> have, say, a member from India on your working group, perhaps Hindi becomes
> one of the first).
>
>
Multiple languages would be a must, I totally agree. Dalibo did its own
certification because the community didn't seem to be able to work on a
unified one, despite many tries. I'd love to see a unified Postgres
certification, and we (Dalibo) would gladly work on this project, but I
also am kinda skeptical of the outcome.

Regards.

--
Guillaume.