How about having a notion of relative weights of certification exam prices across the globe?
Make the following calculation:
- Determine the minimum wage of your country (or region);
- convert the minimum wage of your country (or region) to US dollars (MW);
- determine the price of the exam of your interest in American dollars (EP);
- calculate RW = EP / MW.
Post your result here.
The value of RW represents the weight of the certification exam relative to the value of the minimum wage of the country (or region).
An example:
- The minimum wage in Brazil is BRL 1,045.00 –visit https://take-profit.org/en/statistics/wages/brazil/;
- as of today, this amount corresponds to US$ 186.01 (MW) –visit https://themoneyconverter.com/BRL/USD?amount=1045;
- the price of an Associate Reactive Developer certification exam is 200 American dollars (EP) –visit https://www.outsystems.com/learn/certifications/;
- calculating RW, we will find the following value (rounded): 1.07.
This means that the price of an Associate Reactive Developer certification exam corresponds to 107% of the minimum wage, in Brazil.
In a country where the hypothetical minimum wage were 1,000 Euros, the same certification exam would correspond to 17% of the minimum wage...
Oi Hyberson.
Excellent point of view, i'm from Brazil too.
Regards.
Agno Silveira wrote:
Hi Agno.I'm glad to know.Best regards :)
This kind of post sounds like a critic so let me leave a few comments for future readers.
1. The price may be expensive for some economies, but consider that you can use it worldwide so it doesn't make sense to discriminate by country. How would you prevent someone from a rich country from doing it at a lower price? You can be Brazilian and have a Brazilian CNPJ, but work in Switzerland with a minimum wage of 3800€...
2. Not every person pays that. Most certifications were paid by their employers and many were given for free by OutSystems or partners at events. Of my three boot camps (more expensive than a certification) two were from the company and one a gift from OutSystems. You already read that in the forum.
3. Comparing with other certifications, OutSystems isn't that expensive. I'm looking at one that is over 200€ that won't get me a job as easily as OS. Look at the "competitors", they are all way more expensive.
Hello!
I don't know if it is a good measure.
The value is relative to the person and a professional certification can help obtain interviews, as it demonstrates that you have tested knowledge... But it is yours skills, knowledge and whats you have done that can make the difference in hiring or not.
I am also Brazilian and I believe that the value of certification on the OutSystems platform is not expensive when compared to other certifications.
For example, here in Brazil the certifications of Kanban and Scrum are much more expensive than the certifications in OutSystems ... In addition, they do not offer support as I am enjoying seeing here in the OutSystems community.
Make it clear that I am not criticizing the values, but pointing an example.
In addition to the forum, here we have many free courses and the opportunity to try all the tools, forge and features. Global seminars and MVP presentations also help a lot to learn about the OutSystems platform.
I became an enthusiast of the OutSystems Platform because the people in this community are making a difference to help others in their learning, doubts and are building knowledge together.
Kind Regards.
Luiz Jucá
Hyberson Pereira wrote:
Hello guys.Can we please return to the proposed theme? That would be: having a notion of relative weights of certification exam prices across the globe.Can we please not discuss whether the certification is valuable (or expensive) in this particular post?
Similar is the case for India. https://take-profit.org/en/statistics/wages/india/
As per this data, the MW for India comes out to be 115 USD which obviously is on the lower side. But I have seen entry-level developers work at 200USD. So certification cost is somehow not very encouraging in our geography too.
Even Microsoft does this. For instance, a certification that costs 165 USD in the USA is available for 4800INR in India equivalent to 65USD. The same certification is also available for 100USD in Brazil.
Cheers,
Tushar
Completely agree with Tushar and so with Hyberson Pereira. It's a good idea to define certification fee based on MW of that country to encourage professional towards OS.
As Tushar already pointed out, An entry level IT professional in India earn around 200 USD(Yes, its that much low), It is very difficult for a job seeker to attend OS certification to get a job in this platform as you can see it is going to cost him equal to his first month compensation. Even an entry level developer who is working in different platform, need to think for certification because of same reason. Keeping certification cost low will encourage more professionals and will help grow OS community in pace.
I would like to propose one more idea on this matter. If it is not possible to decrease the certification price, why not to give another chance to aspirant in same fee if he got failed in first attempt? This another chance can be valid for stipulated time(like within a month).
As Hyberson asked, following is the RW for India : 200USD/115USD = 1.739
Best Regards,
Sanjay
Sanjay Kumar Sahu wrote:
I agree too.