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And let's not pretend there aren't plenty of bozos who don't really know what they're doing in other fields. It's entirely unclear to me whether certification h
by arp242 3y ago
And let's not pretend there aren't plenty of bozos who don't really know what they're doing in other fields. It's entirely unclear to me whether certification helps.
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- dagw 3y agoIt's entirely unclear to me whether certification helps. I've worked a lot in civil engineering, and honestly the worst working civil engineer I've worked with was still a lot better at their job than the worst working programmer I've worked with.
- arp242 3y agoThe thing is, I've worked with people who literally cannot program at all, and both of those also had college degrees. I suppose some kind of certification can set something of a minimum baseline, but I don't know – colour me skeptical.