Quote from: spazzdla on September 11, 2014, 05:47:31 PM

Quote from: inBitweTrust on September 11, 2014, 05:33:47 PM

Quote from: tigereye on September 11, 2014, 04:39:26 AM

A Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) is someone who is able to use Bitcoin properly.

Wait, do you think its a good idea to send the message that in order to use Bitcoin properly you have to be a certified professional?
If this is the case, Bitcoin is doomed to never get widely adopted.

.. how do you guys not understand this concept...

Have anyone of you worked in a company of more than 10 000 in a positon that isn't flipping burgers........?

If you are a bitcoin exchange you can have all of your employees get this so you know the receptionist, etc all understand the basics of bitcoin. Now you can claim all of your employees have CBP. Sure the techies won't care but the masses will. When you are considering 3 different exchanges every step up on yours helps.

Just like at rockwell, they don't care if you are a P eng if you are going to wire you must take and pass a wiring course.

Perhaps someone wants to open up a crypto help line!! You can put on your website everyone is CBP certified and they have some CBX people as well.. Now if you are a noob in the crypto industry you would be tempted to use their services as you know they some proven knowledge.

The questionnaire could be freely distributed to companies and the trainers/bosses hand out the tests to make sure employees aren't newbies.

The real reason most fortune 500 companies require certifications/diplomas from third parties is primarily for legal reasons so they don't get sued because in 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling (Griggs v. Duke Power) saying that if companies use aptitude testing to screen potential employees, they must be prepared to show that their tests are precisely calibrated to the needs of the job, otherwise, they will be guilty of employment discrimination.

Any employer understands that it is typically far more effective to test employees directly as they regularly cycle through recently certified and graduated idiots.

so , yes , this "certification" does server a role for large companies , but for all the wrong reasons.

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on September 11, 2014, 06:28:22 PM

Do you realize that certifications are only as valid as the stature of the certifying organization?

Nope, not even that. There are plenty of certifiable idiots graduating from Ivy league institutions or getting "prestigious" certifications.
The proof is in the work, and I would better trust the capabilities of an individual who has real experience and contributions over any online test(that one can easily cheat with )