Becoming a super-tqler: qualification criteria
1. Qualifying criteria
Any tqler can request to become a super-tqler if the qualifying criteria are met.
A. TQL experience
A1. Minimum 200 hours of work on TQL
A2. TQL certified (the current form of certification is the TQL IoT Certificate)
B. Good community standing
B1. top 10% (90 percentile) in community favorability ranking (the current form of community points is the PlusPlus points on tqler.slack.com)
2. Credentialing points
A super-tqler needs 500 credentialing points each year to maintain the status.
A. Mentoring
A1. Mentoring a beginner: spend 10 hours with a beginning tqler in his/her first 50 hours - 100' each mentee
A2. Mentoring a professional: spend 10 hours with a tqler to bring him/her from 50 hours (beginner) to 200 hours (professional) - 100' each mentee
B. Evangelism
B1. Publishing: publish TQL-based content in any public channel (or in any private channel with >500 audience). The content can be: projects/applications, white-papers, demos, blogs/posts, videos, stories. (Tweets and photos are not included.) - 50' - each publication
B2. Speaking: speaking on TQL-based topic in any public event (or in a private event with > 50 audience). - 50' each event
B3. Teaching: teaching on TQL-based topic in any public group (or in a private group with > 10 audience). - 100' each hour
C. Open source
C1. TQL Project open source commits:
C1.1. Rank 90 percentile in number of commits: 800'
C1.2. Rank 50 percentile in commits: 200'
C1.3 Has commits: 50'