A lot of the bigger certs have all kinds of high-dollar prerequisites and accounting that only larger firms are going to bankroll. Perhaps the certs aren't so

A lot of the bigger certs have all kinds of high-dollar prerequisites and accounting that only larger firms are going to bankroll. Perhaps the certs aren't so much an expression of how "good" you are as much as they're a token of how much faith "the man" has that you will stick around long enough to recover the investment.