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Why Do I Keep Getting Certifications? (I ask myself this all the time...) (candrews.integralblue.com)

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As someone who has spent A LOT of time getting certifications, this is a question I ask myself a lot. In the past, I was all about them, in some part because I had the time and resources to do them and less so because I thought they were the key to big career or knowledge gains. These days, I recommend to newer folks in the field to limit caring about certs and focus more on the prize (practical learning and real experience). Anyways, thought this was an interesting read.

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[–] emergencycall@fedia.io 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Certifications are a way for non-technical people to assess the skills of technical people. Unfortunately, non-technical people are also incapable of assessing the quality of the certification they request, leading to certification organizations offering crap certifications for expensive prices.

[–] Jeef@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago

Fully agree. Just like anything else once organizations realized they can make a certification almost out of nothing and make money on it all these garbage ones came out of no where with nothing but marketing behind them and almost no benefit