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by ilamont
5099 days ago
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Yes, the certs are often hard to attain, but for the most part experience trumps them all and the only thing a cert proves is that you had time to read the books and take the tests. Couldn't you say the same thing for an undergraduate degree? anyone who hires you for the cert over experience, you don't actually want to work for. Why wouldn't you want to work for them? |
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Absolutely. That's also why presence of an undergrad degree is, for me, not at all a signal while hiring. The only exception is if the program is particularly well known for being rigorous and having high standards.
> "Why wouldn't you want to work for them?"
Because the vast majority of tech industry certifications is all fluff and marketing, with practically no correlation with competence. I distrust employers who can't even see through that extremely thin veneer of bullshit.
Reliance on unreliable markers like this is a hallmark of heavily bureaucratic organizations, where certifications are used as a cover-your-ass mechanism: "but he was MCSE certified! How was I to know he was a complete idiot?!"
That's the antithesis of where I want to work.