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I purposefully ignore certificates when looking at CVs. Once upon a time, I actually looked at them prejudicially, because the kinds of candidates I saw with ce

I purposefully ignore certificates when looking at CVs. Once upon a time, I actually looked at them prejudicially, because the kinds of candidates I saw with certificates were generally inferior and couldn't code their way out of a paper bag. These days I just don't really give them any weight one way or another.

jimbokun 7y ago
"because the kinds of candidates I saw with certificates were generally inferior and couldn't code their way out of a paper bag" Or in this case, because they are entry level and its their first programming job?
- gowld 7y ago
  The presumption is that they went for the cert after they tried and failed at accomplishing anything.
- LeifCarrotson 7y ago
  The third sentence of the article says "...75,000 entry-level jobs require Python proficiency." They're not expecting to hire Guido to those jobs, but someone who knows which side of the keyboard should be on top would be a good start. Given two candidates, one who went to a training exercise and earned a certificate for it and one who has a Github page that includes a couple disgusting, hacky, buggy Python scripts (mostly consisting of snippets copied from StackOverflow) to automate some analysis that was awkward in Excel, I'd take the latter 99 times out of 100.
  - baja_blast 7y ago
    > Github page that includes a couple disgusting, hacky, buggy Python scripts I am more surprised when Python code I read isn't!
- scarface74 7y ago
  Even if it’s their first programming job. I would expect them to know how to program. Programming is easy to learn on your own.