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Re:Apply HN: Skill Certification You Can Trust by bestattack on Sunday April 10, 2016 @07:21AM (#11465756)
OK, I think the number one thing to ensure about this business, if you want to revolutionize hiring, is to show that it works. If I can apply this idea to my potential hires, I'm going to give you all the dollars because the alternative is spending my team's precious cycles on interviewing.

I think there are a lot of paths that lead to your business making money but ultimately going down a path towards "yet another technical certification" - technical certifications are a negative hiring signal for a good reason. Avoiding this pitfall, I think, is the hardest part but perhaps the key to success.

Re:Apply HN: Skill Certification You Can Trust by danieltillett on Sunday April 10, 2016 @04:42PM (#11468072)
My idea is not about revolutionizing hiring, but changing education. As you rightly point out technical certification currently have a bad reputation (well deserved). This is what my idea fixes.