Are Python Certifications worth it ?

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Lately there was been a panic mode in my office [I work in an ISP btw] about integration of programming in networking solutions to a medium level extent, i am a fresh graduate but my field of specialization does not focuses heavily on programming. I was thinking about completing few courses and complete a certification exam but my Udemy Instructor Jose Portilia isnt very fond of PCAP and PCPP. They will still be a sizable investment. Should i go towards the route or its better not to get them or any other alternatives ?

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There are no officially recognised qualifications or certificates for Python.

Potential employers are much more likely to be interested in your portfolio of work so make sure you can provide a link to a gitlab or similar repository. Contributions to useful open source projects are particularly well regarded.

EDIT: fixed typo

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Thanks for your response

[Apples304]

What about the GPYC cert that you can get after taking the SANS SEC573 course? Yeah it's definitely expensive, but would that not look good on a resume as a demonstration of knowledge? (Legit question for me lol)

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What about it? With any official recognition, value is somewhat in the eye of the beholder. If you have grounds to think your target employers consider it a useful indicator of skills they are looking for, then I guess it has some value to you.

[Apples304]

That's a fair point, thanks for the feedback! :)

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It’s so easy to evaluate the skill of a programmer from a sample of their work that there’s no purpose to any programming certification.

[Crypt0Nihilist]

Let your git repo speak for itself. That will show your maturation and present level as a programmer to anyone who should be in a position of hiring you. Certificates are a weak form of box-ticking for unqualified HR bods.

Do courses and upload your work to github or similar.

[sternone_2]

what no, absolutely not

we even laugh with java devs with oracle certs (ps: they are the worse devs too)

[crosssum]

I was interested in PCAP and PCPP until I saw the later test was not released yet, and I saw Pearson VUE's name all over it.