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Become Adobe ColdFusion 8 Certified

March 21, 2008 6:32 PM

I've received several emails asking "when is ColdFusion 8 certification going to be ready?" so I wanted to ge the word out that its been live. You can sign up for the program here: http://partners.adobe.com/public/ace/main.html.

CF8 ACE Program Description: http://partners.adobe.com/public/en/ace/ACE_Exam_Guide_ColdFusion8.pdf

More ACE info: http://www.adobe.com/support/certification/ace.html

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Kristen,

This page alludes to the listing of certified developers.
http://www.adobe.com/support/training/certified_pr...

The list is AWOL. Apparently since Adobe has had the reigns, they have not published a listing of certified developers.

The list is helpful to validate claims of certification. Also, it is a good way for organizations to find capable developers...

Could you elaborate on why the list no longer exists? Clearly one of the benefits of being certified is public recognition.

DW

Posted By Dan Wilson | 3/21/08 7:51 PM

Dan, I realize you'll want Kristen's (or Adobe's) official answer, but I'll share what I've heard over the years: Adobe's policies for sharing personal info are just much more stringent, and the reason they don't share the info is that they don't have permission from all the past certified folks who would have been listed.

One may ask: so why not get it now? They certainly could, but their solution to the first challenge (verifying that someone is indeed certified) is that anyone who is certified can arrange to have proof of their cert sent by Adobe to whoever they'd like (it's an option in the page where one can track their certifications: which you can log into at http://www.adobe.com/support/certification/communi..., where once logged in there's an option called "publish credentials").

Of course, that doesn't help with the 2nd challenge (providing a listing of who all is certified for potential employers), and one may argue that at least Adobe could in the future start asking certified folks if they'd like to be listed that way. And of course this isn't just a CF thing but would need to be implemented across all certs. I'd guess that the level of requests for this just hasn't justified the effort.

But that's just reflecting what I've heard. Perhaps there's a new or better answer. Hope that helps in the meantime.

Posted By Charlie Arehart | 3/22/08 2:11 PM

Dan and I had been emailing offline about this with the people who'd know the answers. I had to inquire this with folks who run the certification program. Jim Mendes (jmendes@adbobe.com) heads up the cert programs at Adobe. You are correct Charlie, the certification team would need approval from ACEs to post thier names. I put the request in with the cert team to do this, mentioning that CF community would love to have this option. Hopefully this will prove less challenging and the cert team can make it happen.

Posted By Kristen Schofield | 3/24/08 1:37 PM

	I can't say I fully understand the need to contact ACEs for permission, since a public listing was listed as a benefit and has been since at least CF 4.5 (my first certification). An opt-out seems more appropriate in this case. DW
	Posted By Dan Wilson \| 3/24/08 1:40 PM

	Dan - that's a good idea and I passed it along. I am definitely in support of this and pushed the request forward. What's your take on what info should be listed on ACEs?
	Posted By Kristen Schofield \| 3/24/08 2:13 PM

I'd say Full Name, City where the test was taken, Date when the test was taken, at minimum.
In my opinion, this information set isn't too intrusive, meets the past offerings by MACR and
would serve to give the developer credit and provide independent verification of ACE credentials.

Also, I bet more people would blog about it and generate higher visibility for the Certification Program.

Thanks for looking into this. I know you have plenty of stuff to do.. (like replacing cfscript with ActionScript Syntax for ColdFusion CF9, wink wink)...

DW

Posted By Dan Wilson | 3/25/08 11:56 AM

	Would you (read ACE developers ) want your email addresses displayed on adbe.com if I can get you listed?
	Posted By Kristen Schofield \| 4/2/08 11:58 AM