Re: AS/400 RPG Certification Test

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Actually I would prefer a test designed to demonstrate a person's areas of
> knowledge; a test that is geared for illumination rather than a pass/fail
> sort of thing.

agreed. you can memorize rules, but no one can teach you to think logically.  
either you
have it or you don't

> The AS/400 has become so broad and so deep that a person could be really
> good as some one thing but not so good at anything else.  Does one need to
> know data queues to work in most RPG shops?  What about the RPG cycle?
> For some shops it is vital yet in other shops it is anathema.  The same
> with security, machine operation, Client Access, ILE, and most other
> pieces of the AS/400 puzzle.

that's what manuals are for.  we did used to have them, didn't we??

nj

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