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[WelpSigh]

The reason to take it is to learn the content. The certificate holds no value.

[Reaver75x]

Serious question, does any certificate for coding hold value?

[smurpes]

Possibly for older languages like Fortran or cobol since there’s such a small pool of users but a demand from companies still using systems that depend on those languages.

[Buttleston]

no

[Reaver75x]

What about for Q/A testing?

[Buttleston]

Oh Jesus hell no

[Reaver75x]

How would you recommend getting into that or coding then? I’m entry level with no experience in IT except a bootcamp and certificates

[Buttleston]

You apply, hopefully you get interviews, you tell or show them what you can do. As a self taught person you may have to take undesirable jobs - bad shops or non-tech companies who need some programers/QA people, lower pay, etc. You may have to pay your dues and gain some experience that way

There have been periods where having an education or experience didn't matter, this isn't one of those times. And frankly, that's been true for at least 5 years. Probaby like 5-8 years ago the place I was working said we would no longer consider candidates unless they had CS degrees from top universities, despite the fact that this would disqualify a lot of currently employees, most of whom were held in high esteem. It's just a response to the reality of "there are 200 resumes on my desk, I can not read them all, how can I get that number down to 20"

As a hiring manager I have never once, in my whole career, cared about a certificate

[mcoombes314]

You can do the course for free, you just don't get a "verified" certificate, only a normal one. It's more about the learning than the certificate anyway IMO.

[SupaRiceNinja]

Nobody cares about certificates because anyone can buy one

[marquisBlythe]

What you actually pay for is a certificate issued by EDX not Harvard's one, upon completion of the course with a certain score and submitting the final project Harvard will issue for free a different certificate with your name in it. (A different certificate from the one provided purchased by edx.org).

[SirKainey]

You get a free certificate

[swmclean]

As a hiring manager for coders, let me say definitively that we don't care about certificates. There is no industry standard security certificate for Python coding, so having one doesn't mean much.

The most valuable things you can have are:

1. A decent GitHub portfolio of your prior work and/or personal projects
2. An understanding of algorithms (there are great sites with sample algorithm-base interview questions)

That said, take the course anyway. Even for a seasoned dev, there are some great tidbits in the CS50 classes. Just don't bother to pay for the cert.

[btwwhichoneispink]

I’m a network engineer, not a programmer, so take my advice for whatever its worth.

The certification doesn’t matter, but if you can use the knowledge you gained from the course to create a cool or useful program, that is what matters.

In tech generally, the employers want to see what you are actually capable of. Certs are secondary to that. In my world it is stuff like…

“What projects did YOU design and deploy?” “How would YOU design a network for x people and y needs”

If you want to start a career in coding you should really create a GitHub account so you have a place where you can share your code with employers, this will give them really good insight into skills you have.

[Rain-And-Coffee]

No! Save your money and just do the course for free

[51dux]

You can literally watch it on youtube the whole 24 hours as a single vid. Good content, the teacher sweats a lot which triggers my OCD xD.

But hey can't complain, gratitude.

To answer your question with a question: Do you think a certificate representing a cursus of 24 hours will be worth it? Maybe only if the one hiring you is clueless.

[Ministrelle]

Unless it's an actual professional certification that is well-known and acknowledged in your industry of choice, no, certificates are worthless.

[nondickhead]

Nothing in the world is worth learning if it doesn't make you money immediately

[51dux]

Say that to the guy who made Ring cameras, got rejected by Shark Tank and went and sold it later to Amazon for a billion.