If you see a job where there is some validation cert listed you should apply anyway. Either the company is dumb and insists on the cert, in which case you dodg

If you see a job where there is some validation cert listed you should apply anyway. Either the company is dumb and insists on the cert, in which case you dodged a bullet when they passed you over for lack of a cert, or they know that the certs are bullshit and will ignore them but someone (usually a recruiter) insisted on putting them into the description.