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Ask HN: What are some useful certifications to get?

8 points by mrg3_2013 ↗ HN
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.

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8draco8
None. Unless someone else is paying for it.
1ba9115454
Certified Ethical Hacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified_Ethical_Hacker is useful not just in the pentest field.
mrg3_2013
Thanks for the link. I have not heard of this before!
hxnjxn
Not worth it. Not that well respected by people in the industry
mrg3_2013
Which ones do you consider meaningful ?
hxnjxn
for what the CEH tries to do? the OSCP is much better

Edited:typo

mrg3_2013
Not necessarily CEH, rather certs that you consider meaningful
eb0la
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

id122015
None agreed. I had that question for a long time.
mrg3_2013
I am surprised by this. I would've thought it meant something useful in consulting world!
oicu812
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_2013
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.
baubrey91
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.
borplk
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_2013
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.