On Sat, 13 May 2006, Carol Spears wrote: > Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:55:39 -0700 > From: Carol Spears <carol@xxxxxxxx> > To: Alan Horkan <horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, > GIMPDev <gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Gimp certification > > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08:21:50PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > > > > On Sat, 13 May 2006, Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Besides that, certifications are sometimes sought for those without > > > the abilities or application to stand by themselves, either in their > > > C.V. or personally. > > > > Listing "GIMP" [1] as one of your qualifications on a resume is more > > likely than usual to result in misunderstandings over the project name. > > I wouldn't risk it, you never know what the evil people in Human Resources > > might do to you. > this is an interesting idea/observation. i wonder if you can clarify by > either presenting a real life example of this or by stating clearly that > this is what you imagine might happen. In all seriousness I would not risk putting the word "gimp" anywhere on my CV and I have had funny reactions (funny weird, never funny ha ha) when explaining the GIMP to users not already familiar with it. If you really wanted to make a point and include it then "GNU Image Manipulation Program" would get the job done. Besides if one was applying for a graphics job it would be your portfolio which was important not your familiarity with particular software, although I'm sure it would be a bonus to know a variety of creative tools. (I do list that I am familiar with scripting in scheme.) > a statement like this, if it really could happen, would clearly show how > completely unprofessional the "professional world" would be and would be > a very good reason for good people to take things over. Interviewers are notoriously shallow, how few people risk going to a job interview not wearing a suit? (Rhetorical question.) -- Alan _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
