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Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:28:20 +1200
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Depending on where in the world you are, keep an eye / ear out for Data =
Stax training http://www.datastax.com/events

Cheers

-----------------
Aaron Morton
Freelance Cassandra Developer
@aaronmorton
http://www.thelastpickle.com

On 15/08/2011, at 5:56 PM, Joe Stein wrote:

> Certification is good when a community gets to the point that =
proverbial management cannot easily discern between posers and those =
that know what they are talking about.  I hope one day Cassandra and =
it's community grows to that point but as of now there is enough =
transparency in my opinion.
>=20
> I would no more get a Cassandra certification than I would get one =
from Cloudera for Hadoop (no offense) nor even a CISSP (which I could do =
also).
>=20
> I would rather see a certification in "scalable distributed computing =
solutions" paramount to what the CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) has done =
with security.  Cassandra is the answer in a lot of situations, but not =
always the answer.  It is probably one of the best tools in your =
toolbox. =20
>=20
> As the saying goes =3D> a man with a hammer every problem is a nail, =
DON'T BE THAT GUY.
>=20
> My .02121513E9 cents
>=20
> /*
> Joe Stein
> Chief Architect @medialets
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc
> Twitter: @allthingshadoop
> */
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:23 AM, samal <samal@wakya.in> wrote:
> Does it really make sense?
> If yes, I think Apache Cassandra Project (ASF) should offer Open =
Certification. Other entity can offer courses, training materials. =20
>=20
>=20
>=20


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">Depending on where in the world you are, keep an eye / ear out for =
Data Stax training&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://www.datastax.com/events">http://www.datastax.com/events</a>=
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br><div>
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"><div><div>-----------------</div><div>Aaron Morton</div><div>Freelance =
Cassandra Developer</div><div>@aaronmorton</div><div><a =
href=3D"http://www.thelastpickle.com">http://www.thelastpickle.com</a></di=
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<br><div><div>On 15/08/2011, at 5:56 PM, Joe Stein wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite">Certification is good when a community gets to the point =
that proverbial management cannot easily discern between posers and =
those that know what they are talking about. &nbsp;I hope one day =
Cassandra and it's community grows to that point but as of now there is =
enough transparency in my opinion.<div>
<br></div><div>I would no more get a Cassandra certification than I =
would get one from Cloudera for Hadoop (no offense) nor even a CISSP =
(which I could do also).</div><div><br></div><div>I would rather see a =
certification in "scalable&nbsp;distributed computing solutions" =
paramount to what the CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) has done with =
security. &nbsp;Cassandra is the answer in a lot of situations, but not =
always the answer. &nbsp;It is probably one of the best tools in your =
toolbox. &nbsp;</div>
<div><br></div><div>As the saying goes =3D&gt; a man with a hammer every =
problem is a nail, DON'T BE THAT GUY.</div><div><br></div><div>My =
.02121513E9 cents<br><br></div><div>/*<br>Joe =
Stein</div><div>Chief&nbsp;Architect&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://www.medialets.com/">@medialets</a><br>
<a href=3D"http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc" =
target=3D"_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc</a><br>Twitter:&nb=
sp;<a href=3D"http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop" =
target=3D"_blank">@allthingshadoop</a><br>*/</div><div><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote">
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 1:23 AM, samal <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:samal@wakya.in">samal@wakya.in</a>&gt;</span> =
wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Does it really make sense?<div>If yes, I think Apache Cassandra Project =
(ASF) should offer Open Certification. Other entity can offer courses, =
training materials. &nbsp;</div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>=

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