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Are there any certifications you view negatively? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by usb_see@programming.dev to c/ask_experienced_devs@programming.dev

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And does it matter if they show up on applicants LinkedIn profiles or just resumes?

(I know some ATS slurp up LinkedIn profile data, but not sure how prominently it's shown.)

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[–] einsteinx2@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I view all of them equally negatively in the sense that I don’t care about them at all. When I’m hiring I’m looking at experience, not pieces of paper (certs or degrees). More corporate companies probably do care more though, at least in the automated portion of their hiring funnel.

Though with that said, from anecdotal experience, a lot of certifications tends to be a red flag as I’ve found those to usually be the weakest candidates.

For standard software development jobs I think they’re completely unnecessary, but I could see something like an AWS cert being valued for a dev-ops job though I’ve never hired for dev-ops so I can’t speak from experience there…

[–] yogsototh@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. In my experience certifications had a strong correlation with weak candidates.

And I also agree there could be some exceptions.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a master's in CS. Currently teaching freshman/sophomore level courses, and have regularly done little side projects and internships in development. However, my only *career * experience is in desktop support and operations. Since I've been out of the game to focus on the master's degree and my programming chops, I thought I would try for a Networking+ and Security+ to better poise myself for a DevOps position. This thread has me seriously second-guessing that career plan.

[–] ananas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Get a portfolio, not a certificate. Portfolios actually both teach you to be better and are usually appreciated when hiring. I never even look at anyone's certificates, and usually not even CVs before seeing at least some code they have written.