Realistically if you are hiring entry level people, with few exceptions you are hiring on potential, not skill and experience. You end up training the explicit

Realistically if you are hiring entry level people, with few exceptions you are hiring on potential, not skill and experience. You end up training the explicitly, or implicitly by paying them to learn for the first few years. In this context it is useful to think of bootcamps, ideas like this, and even most undergrad degrees as a filter - not a certification. If someone is motivated enough to do a program like this and shows some good understanding of basics, that gives you a lot of information in hiring.