Caltrade; When I saw the list of certification officers, I got the impression that they just listed everyone in the house.

If you have a look at the post by AntonLV, the mods are "reviewed by a single certified professional", and "you are not allowed to choose the reviewer".

It also states, "The extension ... must be fully functional and meet extensions' requirements and has no potential security and other problems otherwise, it can not be certified."

This see more is what's said for the certification service modders pay for, and that buyers will expect the mods to have gone through. I'm a little confused here on how someone who doesn't know a line of code can verify the mod against a long technical list of "extensions requirements", and moreover screen it for "potential security problems".

If you don't know the code, all you can do is plug the mod in and see if it makes general sense, but anything under the hood would be beyond the certification officer's skillset. Even if he's as nice and charming a fellow as our Mike here.

Also, my question on what actually happens in the certification process still stands. I would really like to know how mods are certified; I assume there is some sort of a standard procedure. If I am to buy Premium Membership to put something up on the market, and pay for Certification to give it a gold label, I'd like to know what I get for my money.