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Ask HN: What are some useful certifications to get?
While I have my personal opinions about certifications in general [such as AWS or Azure etc], what are some of the useful certifications to get ? More from street credential point of view as opposed to truly learning something deep.
- roschdal 10y agoNone.
- federicoponzi 10y agoNone.
- 8draco8 10y agoNone. Unless someone else is paying for it.
- 1ba9115454 10y agoCertified Ethical Hacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Ethical_Hacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Ethical_Hacker is useful not just in the pentest field.
- eb0la 10y agoLook for certifications needed to be "partner of" {{bigCompanyName}} - this usually lead to either beign able to buy direct from them, having good discounts, or both (like Cisco). This certs usually are not listed in the exam cram sites
- id122015 10y agoNone agreed. I had that question for a long time.
- mrg3_2013 10y agoI am surprised by this. I would've thought it meant something useful in consulting world!
- oicu812 10y agoCISSP, TOGAF and most security certifications have street cred. However discussions around certification value tend to become like political or religious discussions with strong points on both sides. Here are some authoritative sources and you can decide for yourself: http://certmag.com/salary-survey-2016-new-salary-survey-75/ http://certmag.com/salary-survey-2016-new-salary-survey-75/ http://www.footepartners.com/fp_html/pressreleases.htm http://www.footepartners.com/fp_html/pressreleases.htm
- mrg3_2013 10y agoThanks a lot! I didn't know about CISSP. I do expect dev crowd to be more skeptical about it, but from what I've seen Enterprises play it safe in consulting world and tend to go after these certs.
- baubrey91 10y agoNone really? Now even AWS? I also heard good things about scrum master certifications, but I have only been working professional for two years and it seems like everyone thinks they are all useless.
- borplk 10y agoTo people saying none. What about in a freelance/consulting context? If you are not already internet famous wouldn't you lose work to others who can brag about their list of certificates?
- mrg3_2013 10y agoI suspect this has to do more w/ the audience here. Probably for more sde type works, certs do not matter. But any work with higher level design/arch. etc may need these.