I have hired numerous folks in building out a very successful security team. None had certificates, and I didn't even ask. It is better to study deep technical

I have hired numerous folks in building out a very successful security team. None had certificates, and I didn't even ask. It is better to study deep technical topics rather than to study for certs, e.g., decompilation, how to do SSRF, how to audit AWS, how to get developers to build secure code.