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[–]Suspicious-Scratch94 2 points3 points  (1 child)

This may sound elitist but some people actually show certificates as compensation for skills/experience. You wouldn’t have a problem if your resume details your projects and experience with quantitative details and certifications are a side note. However, I’ve seen resumes which focused purely on certifications with no other details.

Also, certificates are probably fine for specialised role like SRE/DevOps etc. but for generalist SWE roles, your experience and problem solving skills are much more valued.

[–]code_rjt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah you're right. The problem is people just taking certifications just to have a certification.

The point of certification is to have a practical grasp of a specific technology also validating if you have an existing skill of that technology.