The Value of Certifications in Tech

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about web dev certifications — are they worth it, or a waste of time?

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02:12 - Certifications

05:30 - We have standards, and people move faster than standards.

• jQuery moved faster than vanilla JS
• Typescript is sometimes preferred over regular JS
• We have universities that offer web developer certs and many of them are a joke
• The point is that programming is the wild west — it’s far too broad and moves far too fast for us to try and fit it in a box

10:28 - Do certifications mean anything?

14:30 - How do you know if you have enough skills (when you’re job hunting)?

19:04 - Some jobs do require a certification

• AWS
• Google

• https://openjsf.org/certification/
• https://www.sentiatechblog.com/imposter-syndrome-how-to-display-front-end
• https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1318192217824124928
• https://twitter.com/photonstorm/status/1318193404312944641
• https://twitter.com/Ky1e_S/status/1318193954085634048
• https://twitter.com/ArleyM/status/1318194323821912067
• https://twitter.com/ajitbohra/status/1318194600335470592

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