Is a Certification Better Than Not Having One?

Is a certificate better than not having a certificate? Yes, unless you're hiding behind that certificate to practise quackery. The certifications are still a net positive, particularly in entrenched industries but they are not everything. And maybe it's like our three legged stool when we write of, you know, science, history, practice - maybe there's some kind of stool of selecting a practitioner. But i think another one of these, like, cutristics that i have is, is a practitioner running a business, or are they practising? So are you a coach that also coaches coaches and has a certification programme and has a hundred, 50 other coaches under you, or are you