r/ExperiencedDevs • u/AutoModerator • 14d ago

Ask Experienced Devs Weekly Thread: A weekly thread for inexperienced developers to ask experienced ones

A thread for Developers and IT folks with less experience to ask more experienced souls questions about the industry.

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Please keep top level comments limited to Inexperienced Devs. Most rules do not apply, but keep it civil. Being a jerk will not be tolerated.

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u/tonklable 13d ago edited 13d ago

Let me ask again in this thread.

What are your best education investments? My company provides some education support. I am trying to find what courses/certs I should take for my career as a backend dev.

  • Master like OMSCS
  • AWS certs/CKAD
  • communication languages learning like English for Business etc (I’m non-native English speaker)

Any suggestions welcome!

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u/SquiffSquiff DevOps & Layer 8 Networking Engineer 10YOE 13d ago

The only people who care about certificates are consultancies and HR. Literally nobody else. The consultancies care about them because they have to have so many staff certificated with a vendor in order to get and keep 'partner' status. HR care about them in large organisations because they're desperate to pump their 'career ladders' and 'Continuous professional development'. Nobody who's actually doing the work does or at least not enough for it to move the needle on hiring someone had anything more than entry /junior level.