Merge pull request #50 from meshery-extensions/jamieplu/expires-in

Change from expiration date to expires in

Author: leecalcote

content/certifications/_index.md

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ cascade: # tells hugo to set this as default type for all children content in th
 
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-The Meshery Certification program is a comprehensive, multi-tiered certification program for Meshery, the cloud native manager. The program's objective is to establish an industry-recognized standard of expertise in using, contributing to, and leading with Meshery. By offering these certifications, we will validate the skills of professionals, provide a clear career path, enhance Meshery's credibility, and foster a strong, knowledgeable community.
-The program consists of five distinct tiers, ranging from foundational knowledge to the pinnacle of technical and leadership expertise. The exams will be primarily hands-on and performance-based, reflecting real-world scenarios in cloud-native environments.
+The Meshery Certification program is a comprehensive, multi-tiered certification program for Meshery, the cloud native manager. The program's objective is to establish an industry-recognized standard of expertise in using, contributing to, and leading with Meshery. These certifications validate the skills of professionals, provide a clear career path to mastery, provide credibility for practitoners and contributors alike, and foster a strong, knowledgeable community.
+
+The program consists of three tracks, each with five distinct tiers, ranging from foundational knowledge to the pinnacle of technical and leadership expertise. The exams will be both written and hands-on designed to assess skills in real-world scenarios in cloud native environments.
 
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content/certifications/c5ada327-8a58-4c8a-b9fa-51b95696488c/certified-meshery-contributor/_index.md

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ tags: [meshery, open source, contributor]
 level: "beginner"
 categories: "platform"
 expiration_date: "2 years"
-validity: "2 years"
 
 certificate:
     title: "Certified Meshery Contributor"
@@ -133,27 +132,24 @@ prerequisite_knowledge:
       - title: "Local and Remote Providers"
         link: "https://docs.meshery.io/extensibility/providers"
 
-  - title: "[Supplemental] Meshery Docs"
+  - title: "[Optional] Meshery Docs"
     children:
     - title: "Contributing to Meshery Docs"
       link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/contributing-docs"
     - title: "Meshery Documentation Structure and Organization"
       link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/contributing-docs-structure"
 
-  # - title: "[Supplemental] General"
-  #   children:
-  #   - title: "End-to-End Test Status"
-  #     link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/test-status"
-  #   - title: "Contributing to Meshery using git"
-  #     link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/contributing-gitflow"
-  #   - title: "Setting up Meshery Development Environment on Windows"
-  #     link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/meshery-windows"
+  - title: "[Optional] General"
+    children:
+    - title: "End-to-End Test Status"
+      link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/test-status"
+    - title: "Contributing to Meshery using git"
+      link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/contributing-gitflow"
+    - title: "Setting up Meshery Development Environment on Windows"
+      link: "https://docs.meshery.io/project/contributing/meshery-windows"
 
 # List of additional resources for further reading 
 related_resources:
-  - title: "Meshery Certification Program Tracks"
-    link: "https://kanvas.new/extension/meshmap?catalog-design=c2141477-379b-432e-b47e-1c89600235a5"
-    
   - title: "Self-paced Training: Meshery CLI"
     children:
       - title: "End-to-end Testing in Meshery CLI (recording)"
@@ -197,7 +193,7 @@ related_resources:
     - title: "Working with Meshery Models (slides)"
       link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XSnDpXeloE9c7FOHGy2l82YbykHl49njUN1RgFoe_ac/edit?usp=sharing
 
-  - title: "Supplemental: Self-paced Training: Meshery Docs"
+  - title: "Supplemental: Optional] Self-paced Training: Meshery Docs"
     children:
     - title: "Working with Meshery Docs (recording)"
       link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7wRbbOSwrtI
@@ -209,8 +205,8 @@ additional_attributes:
   - title: "Retake Policy"
     description: "Up to three retakes allowed per exam"
     value: "3"
-  - title: "Scoring"
-    value: "Composite"
+  - title: "Composite Scoring"
+    value: "Average of all five domains"
     description: "The overall certification requires passing all five, with each domain weighted at 20% toward a holistic score for recertification tracking."
 
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