Comment by codingdave

Certifications never held value for developers. They hold value other types of people:

- For the companies who offer the certs - people pay them to test to prove they have skills, then tie themselves to using that company's product. Free organic marketing.

- For consulting firms who are business partners with the company who offers the cert. More certs = better partner programs.

- For people trying to get their first tech jobs: A cert with no experience is better than no cert and no experience.

But if you are a dev, just doing your work... they are at best a training tool, at worst an outright scam.