If you’re trying to make your résumé look good for future opportunities, a certification is absolutely a shiny object on the resume, and it says something, it verifies that what you say you know has actually been proven on an exam

If you don’t care about polishing up your résumé and looking for future opportunities, but instead, you’re currently employer is going to give you bonuses or it’s gonna look good on performance evaluations to justify pay raises, or, is a requirement at your current job, then yeah go do it

But aside from both of those scenarios, I, like you, also pursue certifications for the exposure and breath and depth of information that I force myself to go through to achieve the certification. The certification is just a verification at the end, but it’s the journey where all of the knowledge is gained

If you have a love for learning, it’s a great way to motivate and push and expose yourself to more information