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To be honest, if someone had a whole lot of certifications I'd be worried that they needed them to cover for their lack of talent. Also if certifications play
by philk 17y ago
To be honest, if someone had a whole lot of certifications I'd be worried that they needed them to cover for their lack of talent.
Also if certifications play a meaningful role in your hiring process you're probably doing it wrong.
- boredguy8 17y agoPunishing someone for having certs is about as silly as rewarding someone for having them when it's not central to their job. I get a cert every year because work pays me more to get one and they pay for the test.
- philk 17y agoI'm not saying that there aren't good people out there with certs [1], I'm just saying that personally it'd make me wonder why someone had so many of them. It's more that when I visualise really sharp technical people I don't see them having a load of certs. [1] And some of the Cisco things, for instance, look pretty rigorous...