Talk:ARM Accredited Engineer

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#My_first_Wikipedia_article_is_.27C.27_Class._How_can_I_improve_this_rating.3F Andy Dingley (talk) 13:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Suggestions for improvements?

As noted above. The B-class checklist is an obvious starter, but are there any specific points?

Personally I find that article rating gets increasingly dogmatic about box-ticking and ought to be more about writing useful articles that can explain and teach the reader. This often depends on a strong overall narrative structure (even answering the classic "how, why, who, which, when, where?" sort of questions), more than it does on proof-reading the verb tenses.

• What's an ARM? Lack of context here, and lack of context as to why ARMs are so different from other processors that they need this certification. ARM itself isn't even linked. Go as far as explaining the particular ARM markets of today, and how they're growing/shrinking/changing.

• Context. I find it hard to understand why engineers would wish to gain this certification (I already hold, and have taught, a number of similar certifications, so I'm familiar with the general principles). Why is the ARM so different? Are new ARM developers struggling to use it otherwise? Are they mis-using it and writing ARM-unfriendly underperforming code?

• Reason for certification. Can developers not use an ARM without processor-specific training? Are they currently making mistakes? Has the expansion of ARM products made demand for ARM geeks outstrip supply? Is it related to some new ARM version, moving the goalposts from previous ARMs? Is it a marketing-driven ticket, because ARM-certified engineers find themselves far more saleable? (as certainly happened for some other certification schemes). Is ARM Accreditation actually useful to non-ARM developers too, because it's simply a good basic grounding? (again, this happened with the networking certifications).

• What else? What other schemes are there out there? Have other processors used similar schemes?

• Who is this aimed at? Software or hardware? If software, what sort of level in the application stack? Do app developers need to look at this, or is it just for the OS / device driver / kernel developers?

Andy Dingley (talk) 14:07, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

ARM Accredited Engineer program has ended.

It appears that the ARM has moved from their accreditation program to more university-based programs. User Debbie has apparently tried several times to update this page and it has been reverted each time.

This page states that the exams are not longer available, i.e. the ARM Accredited Engineer program is no longer available. It may appear to be open as they still do have an ARM Approved Program page.

Please leave the article as I have edited (or as Debbie has) to indicate that the program has ended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redxeth (talk • contribs) 18:37, 4 February 2017 (UTC)