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Microsoft certifications... worth it or not?
MCSA (web applications, universal windows platform, MCSD (app builder), etc...
Currently I am stressing myself out for these certifications and all people around me either say it is worthless or it is VERY valuable. I hate exams, it makes feel sick, is there other ways to prove that I am a good dev? (I know I know... create your own apps, participate in interesting projects, but I do not always have time and enthusiasm for that. I want to have my evenings and weekends free from programming)

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  • 1
    7y
    If you ask me about that, a certification doesn’t make the dev, and most times you can get even cheat your way out. But recruiters don’t use this logic. MCSA looks more like a certification to work for them or their products than other things
  • 1
    7y
    It's worth it trust me
  • 1
    7y
    90% of the time, especially if you have prior experience in that tech, certifications are worthless.

    If you're just getting into a field or switching to something you have zero experience in, they're worth something but in a resume, their importance is at the bottom of the list.

    I've done plenty of interviews. A lot of candidates had certifications on their resume. I personally have never found those useful in judging a candidate even once.
  • 1
    7y
    Actually was a c# certified developer, but as I am not a freelancer, it did nothing for me...

    Microsoft certification is a bit morronic as it is all about how they intend devs to use the framework and go through the lengths of forcing you to know interfaces that a sane person will just look for in the documentation...

    For short: it's good to have some solid bases on asp.net and Microsoft frameworks... But unless you are a c# freelancer there is no point on paying for the certification itself
  • 0
    6y
    I've never even met a dev who admitted to being certified in anything. But I'm not a recruiter or a manager.
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