[Python-ideas] Python certification

[Patrick Morris]

Hi all

Thanks to all for feedback on the question, and I will follow up with it 
on the other channels suggested!

thanks

Patrick

On 10/08/2018 01:11, Wes Turner wrote:
> edu-sig may be a good list for such a discussion; though you may find 
> more information on Python lessons aligned with CS/Science curriculum 
> standards than professional certification.
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
>
> > This list is for discussion of Python in education, however (at the 
> request of a majority of readers) explicitly excluding educational 
> politics.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=python+certification+psf
>
> - Wiki content from 2008
> - https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-certification-for-a-Python-programmer
>
>
> On Thursday, August 9, 2018, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info 
> <mailto:steve at pearwood.info>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 06:40:23PM +0100, Jonathan Fine wrote:
>     > Hi Oleg
>     >
>     > You wrote
>     >
>     > >    In what way certification programs are related to
>     documentation,
>     > > especially to the tutorial?
>     >
>     > One way is through syllabus. Necessarily, a certification via exam
>     > requires a syllabus (or a course of study). There is, implicitly, a
>     > syllabus in https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/
>     <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/>.
>
>     I think that Oleg asked the wrong question. With sufficient
>     imagination,
>     it is always possible to draw *some* kind of relationship or
>     connection
>     between virtually any two concepts, "six degrees of separation"
>     kind of
>     thing.
>
>     A better question is, how are questions about third-party
>     certification
>     programmes on-topic to this mailing list?
>
>         "This list is to contain discussion of speculative language ideas
>         for Python for possible inclusion into the language."
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>     Third-party certification is not a speculative language idea for
>     Python.
>     It's not even an idea for documentation about existing language
>     features. Third-party trainers and teachers may, or may not, mine the
>     standard Python docs and tutorial for concepts, but regardless of
>     whether they do or not, I think that discussions about third-party
>     certification programmes are off-topic and should be taken to
>     either a
>     specialised mailing list or SIG (if there is one):
>
>     https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo
>     <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo>
>
>     or to Python-List.
>
>
>     -- 
>     Steve
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