I think certifications are mostly a scam which they are helped by recruiters and HR. It makes things easier for them. But by doing so, not easier for the person looking for a job, or the team looking for a new member.
I've looked through various certification exams and the level of questioning is mostly trivia.
Software development is a creative field, logic based art. Trivia doesn't show skill in problem solving.
In the operation field you generally want to automate everything which is based on trivia.
On resumes I always skip the education and certification parts. I always search for a person's blog, repos, contributions to open source. Because that actually shows what they can do.
But there is a fair chance I will never see the resume of somebody who doesn't tick the boxes of education or certification in the HR intake.
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I think certifications are mostly a scam which they are helped by recruiters and HR. It makes things easier for them. But by doing so, not easier for the person looking for a job, or the team looking for a new member.
I've looked through various certification exams and the level of questioning is mostly trivia.
Software development is a creative field, logic based art. Trivia doesn't show skill in problem solving.
In the operation field you generally want to automate everything which is based on trivia.
On resumes I always skip the education and certification parts. I always search for a person's blog, repos, contributions to open source. Because that actually shows what they can do.
But there is a fair chance I will never see the resume of somebody who doesn't tick the boxes of education or certification in the HR intake.