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Bad software is bad software. The comments are hilarious though, I had no idea anyone cared about AWS certifications that much to call them "Career Ending"

Someone 3y ago
I think it can really be. For many, an AWS certification isn’t something they get on top of a good university degree; it’s something they get on top of a basic education or on top of a degree of a university of very low status. Let say you’re poor in India, got through high school, but didn’t get stellar results. Now, you manage to get a job in a big city on the basis that you’ll have to get a certification within half a year or lose the job if you fail. So, you borrow money to move to a big city, then this happens. Given that there are many, many in India vying for such jobs and that you’re now in debt, you may never get another chance.
albert_e 3y ago
> Bad software is bad software. Are you referring to the OS feature of automatically inserting emojis into webcam? Then yes -- I agree. Even if it was an amazing and very useful feature (which I dont think it is) it should have been strictly opt-in. Not a "pre-checked" or heavily pushed feature that most users were lead to click agree-agree on when installing the update. > The comments are hilarious though, I had no idea anyone cared about AWS certifications that much to call them "Career Ending" I can imagine this being deeply disruptive to short-term career plans for many aspiring professionals in junior roles, with not a lot of financial independence and safety net. Especially in developing countires like India (which I can speak about) -- and I imagine even more so for lower income countries. These certification exams cost $150 to $300 -- not counting any other spend on training courses, AWS labs etc -- each of which must have been a significant financial decision for many candidates that are either at the beginning of their careers or trying to break into IT industry. At entry to medium levels of IT careers -- these are given enough importance in hiring. In some cases in order to keep an existing job, certifications may be a condition (for instance -- someone is on a PIP and getting a relevant cert was one criteria. Yes this happens.)

Someone 3y ago

I think it can really be. For many, an AWS certification isn’t something they get on top of a good university degree; it’s something they get on top of a basic education or on top of a degree of a university of very low status. Let say you’re poor in India, got through high school, but didn’t get stellar results. Now, you manage to get a job in a big city on the basis that you’ll have to get a certification within half a year or lose the job if you fail. So, you borrow money to move to a big city, then this happens. Given that there are many, many in India vying for such jobs and that you’re now in debt, you may never get another chance.

albert_e 3y ago

> Bad software is bad software. Are you referring to the OS feature of automatically inserting emojis into webcam? Then yes -- I agree. Even if it was an amazing and very useful feature (which I dont think it is) it should have been strictly opt-in. Not a "pre-checked" or heavily pushed feature that most users were lead to click agree-agree on when installing the update. > The comments are hilarious though, I had no idea anyone cared about AWS certifications that much to call them "Career Ending" I can imagine this being deeply disruptive to short-term career plans for many aspiring professionals in junior roles, with not a lot of financial independence and safety net. Especially in developing countires like India (which I can speak about) -- and I imagine even more so for lower income countries. These certification exams cost $150 to $300 -- not counting any other spend on training courses, AWS labs etc -- each of which must have been a significant financial decision for many candidates that are either at the beginning of their careers or trying to break into IT industry. At entry to medium levels of IT careers -- these are given enough importance in hiring. In some cases in order to keep an existing job, certifications may be a condition (for instance -- someone is on a PIP and getting a relevant cert was one criteria. Yes this happens.)