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I'm pretty skeptical of any IT cert after having a few really bad experiences with "AWS certified" devs. It doesn't seem to certify competence at all. We had a

• itake 7y ago
  Anecdote: A friend of mine told me he just keeps retaking the tests until he passes. For one of his certs, he failed the test 3x. :-/
• fetus8 7y ago
  To pay the institute that issues the accreditation money to make it seem like you as an individual gained some sort of knowledge. These kinds of certs generally seem like a business model for these big companies.
• sdinsn 7y ago
  AWS' certifications are entry level
  • eropple 7y ago
    That's a little vague. Cloud Practitioner is entry level, and isn't worth anything. Associate is what I'd expect out of a mid-level infrastructure engineer, though the test is easy enough that I'd want to verify it. And the topic-specific certs are variable (I have the Security one and I wasn't impressed by it, but others look more interesting). Somebody able to pass the Professional certs, however, I'd be willing to trust somewhat; it's not an easy test and it requires some significant depth of knowledge.