[qweqwweqwe-90i]

> make up for their earnings shortfall

Get a job leveraging the decade+ experience? I've never heard of any senior level position caring about a cert.

[forgotmyoldacc]

Government jobs care about certs a lot, but I don't think most big tech companies do.

[R0b0t1]

There's a lot of big boring companies that require certs. Their hiring practices may change but it's not a given.

[qweqwweqwe-90i]

If the cert doesn't exist (cert equivalent to a decade+ of experience in robotics) then how can a company care about it?

[R0b0t1]

They care about something that's easily testable, binary, and hard to link to discrimination. So if there's no cert you just don't get hired.

[mdorazio]

Contrary to popular HN opinion, management jobs outside of big tech do not actually pay that well. I’m assuming the parent poster wants to switch career tracks entirely rather than stay within his/her currently available roles.