Growing Open Source Talent via Certification
Open source software has traditionally relied on individuals taking the initiative to become a developer or a user. The expectation was that people would 'teach themselves' and use fora such as IRC to …
| Talk Title | Growing Open Source Talent via Certification |
| Speakers | Clyde Seepersad (General Manager, Training, The Linux Foundation) |
| Conference | Open Source Summit North America |
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| Location | Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| Date | Sep 10-14, 2017 |
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| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Open source software has traditionally relied on individuals taking the initiative to become a developer or a user. The expectation was that people would ‘teach themselves’ and use fora such as IRC to get advice. In today’s world of rapid adoption we need a better way. This session shows how performance based certification programs can contribute to the growth of the technical talent pool for open source projects. It will draw on the experience gained by The Linux Foundation over the past few years in developing programs for Linux, Cloud Foundry, Kuberetes, Node.js and OpenStack.
