Hey, Lior. While Acquia and Lullabot have considerable "weight" in the Drupal community, you have to remember that the community is only one part of the audience for Drupal certification. I'd even argue that it's not the main audience -- hiring managers comprise the main audience. For them, the certification would have more weight if it was from, say, an established certification authority. Even Microsoft.
I watched a bit of the training & certification session from Szeged. The presenter was right to recognize that certification is (a) separate from training and (b) a big topic. In fact, he said right at the beginning that he wasn't going to talk about it, because it was too big a topic for the presentation. It's great that the training part is evolving; but that doesn't naturally lead to a certification program. And that's the piece that's missing IMHO.
Hey, Lior. While Acquia and Lullabot have considerable "weight" in the Drupal community, you have to remember that the community is only one part of the audience for Drupal certification. I'd even argue that it's not the main audience -- hiring managers comprise the main audience. For them, the certification would have more weight if it was from, say, an established certification authority. Even Microsoft.
I watched a bit of the training & certification session from Szeged. The presenter was right to recognize that certification is (a) separate from training and (b) a big topic. In fact, he said right at the beginning that he wasn't going to talk about it, because it was too big a topic for the presentation. It's great that the training part is evolving; but that doesn't naturally lead to a certification program. And that's the piece that's missing IMHO.