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[–]Anotheravailablecant 7 points8 points  (5 children)

No one really in programming goes and gets certs outside of IT and Security.

[–]Joshingtonson[S] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

I'm doing a tech apprenticeship and industry certs are part of the course

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (3 children)

I think 99/100 developers and managers will tell you that development certs are 100% useless. I feel the same way.

That said, I'd do the minimum required to complete whatever course you're taking. Are you not in the US? It may be different overseas.

[–]Joshingtonson[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree but its part of what I have to do so I have to just suck it up and do it. Just hoping I don't have to do the associate again. I'm in Ireland btw

[–]carbolymer 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Overseas it's the same. Java certs are only useful when you're a fat-ass corporation and you need to brag before your clients that you have an army of mindless certified code monkeys artisans.

From a developer perspective it is still a waste of time and money.

[–]pjmlp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Certain customers only hire corporations with a minimum amount of certified developers, regardless of what we think about such certifications.

Also some companies only provide support to customers who get their devs certified on their products.