I don't believe he had to take the test, as he's the boss. He is the founder and CEO of Mahalo. A chief executive officer is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer. All he basically had to say is, "I'm a brown belt today," and he is now a brown belt. If he so cared to, he can make himself a black belt, yellow belt, etc. as this is his company, and he can do what he pleases. These are his belts. He can put them on each day as he chooses, and possibly wear a new belt everyday.

On another note, I think he would pass with flying colors. If anyone would give him less than a 10 rating, they would not be on his good side, so obviously he would pass. Besides, his answers are pretty good on here with a 27% best answer rating.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer

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I was just wondering the same thing. Maybe we should create one!

On the other hand, creating MA is a practicum in and of itself, don't you think? ;-)
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No reason to put me through a test.... our belts are meaningless since we've got superpowers in the system.

We're actually going to remove the f/t Mahalo staff from the rankings and strip them of their belts and call them "The Masters" since they did, in fact, create the art we're all practicing right now.

This will give the complete rankings over to the members and make it very clear who is who in the system.

The only reason we haven't done this to be honest is that the developer resources are better spent on projects like Twitter, automatic tips, etc.

all the best, Jason
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