Ask HN: What are some useful certifications to get?

8 pointsby mrg3_20139 anni fa17 comments

While I have my personal opinions about certifications in general [such as AWS or Azure etc], what are some of the useful certifications to get ? More from street credential point of view as opposed to truly learning something deep.

9 comments

oicu8129 anni fa

CISSP, TOGAF and most security certifications have street cred. However discussions around certification value tend to become like political or religious discussions with strong points on both sides. Here are some authoritative sources and you can decide for yourself:

http://certmag.com/salary-survey-2016-new-salary-survey-75/

http://www.footepartners.com/fp_html/pressreleases.htm

mrg3_20139 anni fa

Thanks a lot! I didn't know about CISSP. I do expect dev crowd to be more skeptical about it, but from what I've seen Enterprises play it safe in consulting world and tend to go after these certs.

id1220159 anni fa

None agreed. I had that question for a long time.

mrg3_20139 anni fa

I am surprised by this. I would've thought it meant something useful in consulting world!

1ba91154549 anni fa

Certified Ethical Hacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Ethical_Hacker is useful not just in the pentest field.

hxnjxn9 anni fa

Not worth it. Not that well respected by people in the industry

mrg3_20139 anni fa

Which ones do you consider meaningful ?

hxnjxn9 anni fa

for what the CEH tries to do? the OSCP is much better

Edited:typo

mrg3_20139 anni fa

Not necessarily CEH, rather certs that you consider meaningful

mrg3_20139 anni fa

Thanks for the link. I have not heard of this before!

eb0la9 anni fa

Look for certifications needed to be "partner of" {{bigCompanyName}} - this usually lead to either beign able to buy direct from them, having good discounts, or both (like Cisco).

This certs usually are not listed in the exam cram sites

baubrey919 anni fa

None really? Now even AWS? I also heard good things about scrum master certifications, but I have only been working professional for two years and it seems like everyone thinks they are all useless.

borplk9 anni fa

To people saying none. What about in a freelance/consulting context?

If you are not already internet famous wouldn't you lose work to others who can brag about their list of certificates?

mrg3_20139 anni fa

I suspect this has to do more w/ the audience here. Probably for more sde type works, certs do not matter. But any work with higher level design/arch. etc may need these.

8draco89 anni fa

None. Unless someone else is paying for it.

federicoponzi9 anni fa

None.

roschdal9 anni fa

None.