A strong IT DEPENDS. If you're not wired in yet, and can't easily get new jobs through your network, a cert or two that actually makes sense for what you want

A strong IT DEPENDS. If you're not wired in yet, and can't easily get new jobs through your network, a cert or two that actually makes sense for what you want to work with, is probably not a negative. However, seeing someone with a million certs and no job experience can lead people to think something along "Okay, if you're so great, then why don't you have a job already?" and dismiss you on grounds that something else must be wrong (or that you're just plain dishonest).