I like the idea of a proper and respected exam of some kind to test you on a variety of skills that are actually valuable in general and in specific.

I've attempted to gather data from colleagues around me but the data is limited. Posting online doesn't get much attention either. But I am trying to gather enough data to see if it would even be possible to create such an exam.

If a bunch of developers took a few minutes of their time to answer questions regarding what kinds of things should go into an exam and why (or heck, even a better teaching curriculum than what we have now) I think we could easily come up with something pretty awesome.

But, again, gathering that kind of attention and asking developers to provide you with insight is hard.

I'd love to tackle it if others were willing to help.