When I wanted to switch from doing PHP/Perl programming to Java, I found getting the Java certification was a helpful thing for getting that first job. I wouldn

When I wanted to switch from doing PHP/Perl programming to Java, I found getting the Java certification was a helpful thing for getting that first job. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend the certifications in general as a means of anything, but it does serve to open doors which might be hard to open otherwise. I have to imagine that this sort of path isn’t unique to myself.