You seem to be saying that he saw through the BS that many technical certifications are, and I agree that some (or even many, or most) technical certifications

You seem to be saying that he saw through the BS that many technical certifications are, and I agree that some (or even many, or most) technical certifications are BS, but that's really not what happened here at all. That was not the reason he bailed on this one. He didn't call anybody's bluff. This is not representative of technical certifications on any level.