[GekkePrutser]

Good!! That's the right approach. I also think these certifications are forcing students to think in the direction intended by the underlying company, whereas hacking is about looking for the unexpected. It's about mastery of technology, not about ticking some boxes and knowing command-line parameters of common tools by heart.

Indeed there is a major issue with HR focusing too strongly on certificates because they lack the knowledge to evaluate a candidate any other way.