Certifications

[ironsculpture 1]

I know not completely related to botting, but does anyone recommend any certs in the cyber security/hacking realm? I just did the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and it was a total joke.

Thanks!

[Luxe 87]

IMO certifications are a joke in general.
When hiring developers I do look at whether they have certificates from udemy and Linked Learning (or similar) as it displays the ability to learn for yourself in your free time. 

[yeeter 539]

CEH is a meme imo, we don't really give credit to canidates who have it when doing interviews.

 

CompTIA Sec+ - The baseline cert needed for my industry, if we don't see this you won't be getting above an entry level position.

CompTIA CySA+ - Puts you slightly above the crowd of Sec+ holders.

CISSP - Awesome cert, we will pay higher rates for people who have it

CCSP - Not as awesome but we still pay higher rates for this

 

Situational certs - anything form Amazon, Azure or Cicso can be worthwhile if you are applying somewhere using those systems.  A bit of a gamble if these will be worth getting but if you have time might as well.

[Tier3 9]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't they all been hacked and answer keys leaked? Why would any hiring manager give a shit about certs? I got Comptia A+ and Net+ back in 2012 and they were both a joke. I also got a bunch of the entry level MS ones (they were free through my school) and they were all a joke... but shit if companies are dumb enough to think they mean anything I'll go get some more lol (currently trying to get out of the Data space, buncha insurance nerds who know nothing about tech, the overall lack of competence is slowly driving me insane)

[cadokid 3]

As someone with loads of experience in the tech industry, what yeeter said above is pretty accurate.

Certifications are absolutely not a 'joke', but unless you're changing roles/industries or entry level, you will need Experience + Certs + Etc.
Certifications are there to help you 'prove' you have certain skills, not to help you on their own land a job (outside of entry level to early career potentially).

CompTIA are great entry points, and Cloud/Provider specific are great after that. (AWS / GCP / Microsoft / Cisco)

Edited May 30 by cadokid