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as someone in Devops/SRE I hold the same thinking as you. Whenever I see an interview come in loaded with certs, I automatically think they just know how to tak
by hijinks 4y ago
as someone in Devops/SRE I hold the same thinking as you. Whenever I see an interview come in loaded with certs, I automatically think they just know how to take tests and study for them.
It's almost 100% that they fail the interview because they don't know how to put the learning into real world solutions.
- yakak 4y agoPerhaps they get enough interviews where the cert is accepted that it isn't worth their time to review these technologies ahead of interviews.
- bad416f1f5a2 4y agoI find this take funny. My past company had a huge pile of credits for certs because they valued them and I figured “I’ve been working with AWS; why not?” I didn’t study or prepare at all and went in using only the hands-on knowledge I picked up over my career. I came out with all the associate certs, the AWS solutions architect pro, and their network specialty. As a hiring manager I find certs to be a neutral indicator: you at least have to know the material to get them, but plenty of people learn the material hands-on, not from books.
- 988747 4y agoAlso, sometimes companies will force employees to get certified for many reasons. My own company was recently looking to renew their Gold Partnership with Microsoft and so they were looking for victims to get Microsoft certified, because, apparently, that's the requirement for partnership. As for why companies need such partnership: it speaks well to managerial types, therefore helps win contracts.