Some (many to be more exact) employers ask for Microsoft Certification. I don't know if it is plain ignorance, or another reason, what I know is that it is pointless. Certification ( I am talking about Microsoft but this applies to a multitude of other certifications) does not prove anything. Why? Simply because when you have the answers, there is no point of asking is there? The answers are available on multiple sites, all one has to do is memorize them and go sit for the "test", if it can be called that. I think there is a more important reason why employers want their employees to be certified; as an interviewer answered me when I said that Microsoft Certification has no credibility "I don't care about that, I am a Microsoft Partner". Microsoft Partner-ship is a big ship and has money on it. So when you are certified, your company gets a higher rank in the partnership hierarchy. So, you see, in the end, it is all about using YOU to make money.
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"So, you see, in the end, it is all about using YOU to make money"
Actually, you are paying one as well, so it goes like a saw, cutting when it goes up and when it goes down!
"So, you see, in the end, it is all about using YOU to make money"
But that's obvious isn't it? Anyone who employs you, in any way, is trying to make money off your labor. If they couldn't do that they would not require your services. If certification increases the likelyhood they will make money with you then you are more marketable to them.
To say certification doesn't define your abilities as a developer is accurate, but to suggest it doesn't have value to you contradicts your final point.
I agree with "reason" that certification is necessary when you need to work for someone that gives them much importance, but I hope I can find employers that can see past that formality. Also, being certified as MCSD for example does not mean you are good at Web Services, COM+, .NET Remoting, ASP.NET, etc... It just means that you studied (or more probably got the answers) for those tests (by the way I passed 2 exams without getting the answers so it is not a rule). And studying for the tests does not mean you will remember all the material because it is in the end all about involvement, and usually you are not involved in everything at the same time.
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