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"Google Qualified" Developer Directory
- onewland 17y agoThis is interesting if it doesn't get culled by spammers. Somewhere in Manhattan, Joel Spolsky feels a shiver running down his spine. Best of luck to both of them, though.
- brown9-2 17y agoThey only seem to be including people "qualified" in one or more of the various Google APIs.
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- digitallogic 17y agoYea, I think 'Google Qualified' is misleading. "People that have shown compitence in our APIs" is entirely different than "People who are qualified to work for us", which I at least took the name to mean until visiting the link.
- onewland 17y agoYeah but for a company which aims to make all the world's information accessible it's clear where this thing has to go (in my opinion).
- seldo 17y ago> "Qualified Developers are thoroughly vetted by Google ... and meet rigorous qualification standards." Followed three lines later by... > "Google does not make any representation, endorsement or warranty regarding the services of these developers." These statements seem at odds with each other.
- keefe 17y agohow exactly are they at odds? The second statement pertains to services provided by developers, not the developers themselves. Just because you pass a qualification exam, no matter how serious that exam, does not mean you can provide a quality service. The second one should just be an obvious thing that our legalese culture requires. Of course google doesn't endorse someone just for passing some online test?
- Calamitous 17y agoPR vs. CYA
- seldo 17y agoSure, and I'm clearly not a lawyer, but it seems difficult to say that you don't make any representations about them when you did exactly that 3 lines earlier. For example: "This car is the best deal on the lot!" "I have made no representation as to the value of this car."
- dylanz 17y agoNote that it's only for their specific API's, ie: KML, Maps API, Gadget Ads, AJAX Search API.
- schnuerle 17y agoYou are graded on your paid work done, community participation, references from clients, and a qualification exam. If you get enough points, you get listed in the directory.
- houseabsolute 17y agoLove the googly eyes in the default image. Way to make an attractive webpage guys.
- walkon 17y agoAren't Google's API's pretty straightforward? That's one of the reasons they're popular. It seems to me that the average competent IT shop who would even know about this directory would also have developers capable of quickly utilizing Google's APIs.
- marltod 17y ago"The developers listed below are not Google employees." So they are really good, but not good enough to hire?
- statictype 17y agoYou're assuming that anyone Google is willing to hire will want to work there. That may not be the case at all.
- nzmsv 17y agoOne step closer to MCSE and CCNA, I suppose. Just another sign Google is a giant company now.
- ajb 17y agoLooks fishy to me. I think someone has made a project called 'qualify' and hosted it on code.google.com; google will squash it when they notice.