• I've been in this business for over 30 years and seen the enthusiasm for certificates wax and wane several times. In my experience they're totally useless "cram" tests that cover minutiae that no one really cares about.

    There's no simple way to prove some random candidate knows their stuff. But silver bullets are well-neigh irresistible and snake-oil salesmen in no short supply.

    Rather than certificates I would prefer an employer use short focused classes on some subject or other. That's how I was introduced to PowerBuilder back in the day, a pair of three day courses.

    Of course the fact PowerBuilder and the PowerBuilder library use exactly opposite programming techniques didn't help... :hehe:

    Still, the idea of certificates is moon mist. Pretty, but ultimately there's no "there" there.