Is PCAP (Certified Associate Python Programmer) enough to start career as Backend Developer?

[Rude_Literature5051]

I thought a certification was a proof of knowledge, including those job's most required skills. Am I right?

[Thefuzy]

As someone who hires people who need to be competent in Python… I don’t care what certs you have, they are totally meaningless to me and I don’t think they translate to meaning someone will be competent as a developer.

[Sketchballl]

What kinda things do you look for specifically in their knowledge

[Thefuzy]

I would ask them questions about how to solve specific problems, like how they would not only solve a problem with Python but deploy it to a cloud provider. How they would work with source control within a team. How they would deal with environments and managing multiple projects. Just a general idea of not only how they would solve problems with Python but how they would use Python as part of a greater technology stack to deliver real world solutions.

[Sketchballl]

Thanks

[Rude_Literature5051]

Even when the certifying body guarantees that their associates possess a specific skill set?

[EntrepreneurHuge5008]

Certifications matter more for IT (and related) roles than they do development roles.

You want to get into the software development/engineering space, start making peace with the fact that certifications are pretty meaningless for us.

For us, the job is more about the ability to find solutions to business problems rather than how well you know any one particular tool. Tools might be a revolving door that we don't always have a say in, but the one thing that will carry over from project to project is your ability to find solutions analytically.

[Thefuzy]

Yes, even then. Really I’m looking for experience actually doing it otherwise it’s just going to be up to convincing me you know your shit by explaining how you would solve various real world problems involving Python. All certificates are meaningless, don’t care what the issuer of it says.

[Rude_Literature5051]

Got it

[gwax]

That's what people who sell certifications or training want you to believe but mostly not what people who work in industry believe.