Displaying Treehouse Badges All Over "the Net"

Great idea! One thing to add, I realized that the way the badges displayed through our profile isn't really fanciful and usable.

I would suggest that instead of listing all badges a user holds, in my case 27, it should be listed out in categories.

So let's say i completed CSS Foundations, Then it would listed as CSS Foundation Completion Badge and the subsequent badges under it.

@derrick - I agree with the display thing. totally!

This was brought up in another post, and TH responded by letting us know that the Profile is supposed to get a big upgrade. Maybe this will be one of the upgrades?!

One of the members already made a Wordpress plug-in for the badges. http://teamtreehouse.com/forum/wordpress-badges-plugin

It would be cool if they could be integrated into Mozilla Open Badges. Not sure how much work that would be.

I think being able to group the badges into categories has been in the planning for a while, but don't quote me on that!

I don't think you'll ever see Treehouse, Code School, or Codecademy badges on LinkedIn, and a lot of the certifications in tech are for proprietary technologies. LinkedIn is link-bait for recruiters, anyway. Just put what you want to be found for in your profile, and you'll get called in due time.

I think it is much more worthwhile to get people who will vouch for you in this industry than anything else you could display on a resume.

Thanks @john !! Glad to know of the WP plug-in!

I agree about the resume thing... Most of my clients have come through personal and social networking - comparatively few have been "walk-ins" - I wouldn't see why that would be any different for the job market. I do agree.

I guess, for me, the main thing was a question of the best way to describe things learned and/or certified through Treehouse. I guess "whatever works for you" is the best answer so far (for now).

Though I think that Ryan Carson's goal seems to be to place people in tech jobs without a college degree in the field. -- To me, it seems like LinkedIn would be a natural avenue to pursue (at least having a "standard" by which we should list our skills/classes, if not some kind of app or whatever.)

Cool to see if the Open Badge thing happens.

--OR, maybe what we need is a "Resources Page" for Treehousers seeking jobs (and/or freelance I suppose). Kind of a "best practices" for marketing oneself and using TH badges in that process.

I definitely have my methods, but I could see that being a good resource for all (esp. newbies to the field). yes?

@Alexander I think a Resources section would be cool. I think Pasan and Dan's marketing videos are a good start, but there's always more that could be added. Guest posts?

LinkedIn is still good to have: but there are tons of other places to circulate: App.net, GitHub, CoderWall, Twitter, Stack Overflow.

I think a very overlooked place to promote expertise is on a personal blog. I know I've been negligent of mine.

The more places you can communicate and contribute to others, the more your name will circulate. Building relationships takes a lot of sustained effort, but is worth it over time.

Agreed.

Alexander Sobieski

Is there a resource page somewhere that gives us our options, or shows us how to use/access an API?

There isn't because there's no API, it's just basic JQuery run against the json output of your Treehouse profile page.

However Riley Hilliard wrote up it up on his blog on how to make a Treehouse badges widget

Thanks!