[IxDA Discuss] hourly rates, price and value

[Mauro Cavalletti]

Hi david, to your point

>On a separate note, Jared also said, "It's not the members who
>would need it. It would be the people hiring the members."
>
>To which I reply, "If it helps my boss think better about me, it
>helps me directly."


Does it really help? How do we think a certificate would help a hiring 
manager evaluate skills? I suppose we are not expecting they get impressed 
by a certificate issued by an institution they don't know much about.

Certfication doesn't sound solid to me, but I would respect it if it comes 
from a reputed educational institution. Coming from IxDA it would sound a 
bit of a bureaucratic idea. Maybe it would bring a more serious perception 
for our discipline and Association, but just maybe. As we are young and 
diverse, maybe we need a more contemporary way to look at it. You know I am 
not a big fan of the Master-Apprentice relationship, and certificates sound 
too much like that for me.

By the way, I like your idea of starting a closer relationship with academic 
institutions and let them permeate our work in a more efficient way. It is a 
way to get closer to academia without trying to become more academic 
ourselves, or trying to do their work.

Mauro