About Ruby Certification

Ruby has an official certification provided by Ruby Association, chairman of which is Yukihiro Matsumoto. I can’t say for Japan, but in the rest of the world, it’s not very popular. Either it’s because Ruby is a community-driven language, where the knowledge and achievements of an individual programmer are characterized by his or her contributions to Open Source and work experience. Maybe it’s because Ruby Association doesn’t do anything to promote it. Most of the pages on the official website are in Japanese and you can hardly find any resources on the web on how or why you should take it.A few months ago, inspired by Egor Bugayenko’s article and talk about programmers worth (a provoking theme and title for sure, but it’s nevertheless very useful), I’ve decided to take the ruby certification. The following article is a summary of my experience.