Hi, as someone who interviews and hire people that will exclusively work on Ignition projects for a 100k person company, I think the recent announcement to change the certification process to be on site only is a bad decision. Having done a few of the gold certification tests myself, I know that th…

[image] mcarritt1: I cant imagine many people will have the time or money to be able to travel to California to attend the training. Its unfortunate to limit so many across the globe in this way. The courses required for certification are being offered both in person and virtually.

ah ok, sorry i missed the virtual part

I missed it the first time I read it too, and thought it was a steep requirement as well. But AFAIK both core and advanced courses are, or will be, available both in person and virtually. The crux of the change seems to be that instructor-led training earns certification, not completion of an outda…

I'm already Gold 8.1 but so others know, is it 5 days for core and another 5 for Gold or does 5 get you Gold going forward straight away? @mcarritt1 , as well as the virtual courses there are also courses in other countries, not just at IA's HQ. Check out the training on the website for a list.

5-day core training gets you Core. An additional 5-day advanced training gets you Gold. Details are below the fold here: Ignition Certification Update

there is pro's and cons to both I suppose: Test is good if they actually completed it, but its possible some people will cheat, or companies might have everyone take it once and share the answers with each other. Class is good in terms of several days of continued exposure if the learner is engage…

[image] mcarritt1: or companies might have everyone take it once and share the answers with each other. Or just say they're gold certified because they have one dude who took the test, then send you an intern. I'm pretty sure that's what happened where I work, and I spent the best part of th…

I mean, we still do a technical challenge regardless, I would never take the cert at face value, but if someone has gold cert than I probably want to interview them.

I'm talking about an integrators company that was hired to implement the scada solution where I work. Then I got hired to add features and stuff, I ended up reworking the whole thing because nothing made sense.

[image] mcarritt1: go sit in a chair for 5 days and listen to instructor I fully agree. I would struggle not to fall asleep in such an environment. The certifications at the moment I found both challenging, engaging, dare I say even exciting :upside_down_face: (but I'm a weirdo). In fact I sp…

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Kevin.Herron November 9, 2022, 12:37pm 2

The courses required for certification are being offered both in person and virtually.