Re: Certification--a new concept. Discuss.

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> What I'm proposing that is different is to view a certificate not as a
> license to practice, without which you are chopped liver, but as an
> indication that _in addition to_ being the charming and talented fellow
> you are, with all your individual, pertinent talents, you also have
> broad exposure to and some knowledge of the general principles of
> technical communication and you went out of your way to study and pass a
> test to prove it.

That's precisely what certification means to me. I never thought of it
as a "licence to practice".

Sorry, I know I said I wouldn't chime in on this thread again, but
this new information sheds better light on the topic. I now understand
I have had a much different take on certification than others.

-- 
Bill Swallow
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