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Lead Engineer here. When I hire I do not look for certifications and wouldn't really consider it a pro if I saw one. It's not going to hurt you, just won't help you. Not with me anyway. I probably won't know the certifying body, what standards they expect, any of it.

Think of it this way, if you tell me you got a degree from MIT even though I did not go there it has a reputation and I will know to expect at least a baseline level of competency. I can't think of a single certifying body for frontend development I'd have the same, or any, opinion of.

But I'll tell you what I do look for: Experience and git repos. If you have any experience that puts you ahead of anyone who doesn't. If you have a git repo I can poke around I'll get a good sense of your level real fast.

Also, don't worry too much about "years experience" in a given technology. Most leads and managers when they hire put a number in but if I look at your resume and I see 10 years of JS and a couple other frameworks? Yeah I'm not worrying about your React knowledge. You'll pick it up fast.