Re: [Gimp-user] Certification plans

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 06/18/2017 03:30 PM, Ofnuts wrote:

> IMHO a Gimp certification is pointless. People that pay you for graphics
> work look at the result and don't really care how you obtained it. 

Depends the workplace environment.  At a company big enough to have a
dedicated HR department, ass covering is always a priority:  When you
hire people without knowing anything at all about the actual job they
are going to do, a certificate from somebody saying the candidate can do
that job is evidence of due diligence - and takes no actual work on the
part of the interviewer, vs. asking to see examples of a candidate's
work, guessing whether it's relevant to the position in question, etc.

An offlist message mentioned a certification program for the GIMP that
costs $120 and, per the curriculum on the website, appears to be legit.
Any experienced user could probably blow through it in a day or so,
unless it is necessary to memorize "wrong answers" to pass.

:o)