Only two weeks remain before we return to Sydney Australia to
run the next round of Umbraco certification courses from the 19th to
the 22nd of July.
If your company uses
Umbraco as its main CMS platform, I would encourage you to consider
certifying your developers and becoming a Certified
Partner. Certification not only helps affirm and build on
your developer's knowledge but also provides credibility for your
company when pitching for work. To become a Certified Partner
involves having four certifications at either Level 1 or 2.
This can also be obtained by having two developers certified at
both level 1 & 2. Currently in Australia we provide a
package rate for developers who choose to do both levels in the
same week and this can be a very cost effective option for gaining
Certified Partner status. There are currently only two spots left
on level 1 which also means there are only 2 package deals
available. This is a great opportunity for a company to take
the next step in professionalising their use of Umbraco. Do not hesitate, register
today [external site].
From a trainer's perspective, I really enjoy teaching the
courses as it's great to see the "AHA!" moments when a developer
discovers something new, and then seeing the satisfaction a
developer gets when they finish up the course and can finally claim
the badge of Umbraco Certified Developer. You'd be surprised
how many developers come purely to 'gain the certification'
assuming they know most of what there is to know, who walk away
going 'Wow, I learnt so much!' But what I enjoy the most is when I
see that developer become part of the wider developer community,
contributing on the forum,
twitter and in some cases developing packages.
Umbraco is so much more than just a great tool that you use to
build content managed websites. It is also a community of dedicated
developers passionate about what they do. I encourage all newly
certified developers to join in the conversation and contribute
back as there are many opportunities to give input even if you are
not a "Core" developer.
This round we have a change of venue and have moved to a more
central location in the city at the offices of Umbraco Gold
Partner Next
Digital. Massive thanks to Next Digital for providing the
venue, we really appreciate the support and help with
logistics. If you are interested in training or certifying
your team (or yourself) but can't make it to this round, we will be
running another set of courses in Australia before the end of the
year. Please contact me
for more details.
And last, but not least, as we place a lot of value on community
here at Umbraco, we will be running a meetup whilst in Sydney for
all Umbraco users, whether you are attending the training or
not. If you'd like to come along let us know by signing up on our.umbraco.org,
we'd love to see you there.
Peter Gregory - Umbraco HQ Australia