Would really love to hear opinions/thoughts and discuss this really important point nowadays e.g. I've been wondering nowadays if doing a Microsoft AI certification will enhance chances of a company hiring me or just skill matters nowadays?
I just participated in a hiring cycle at my company for a junior data scientist and nobody (candidate, HR, hiring manager) mentioned certificates at all, so consider that a medium negative signal. All our interviewees had a DS masters and most had relevant experience, so hard to see how a certificate would move the needle
"AI" is enough of a buzzword today that a certification of any kind might give you an edge in getting your resume noticed by whatever automated or manual means a company uses to whittle through the job applications. That said, if your certificate isn't paired with some practical industry experience, it might not be the most credible look.<p>As far as certificates in general go, they can give you an edge in getting hired in certain contexts. I believe that some consultancies require a certain number of their developers to be certified to remain in some partnership agreements with different web-services or customers. There are also certain certifications that I believe carry some genuine respect in the industry: possibly CCIE as one example.
At the current pace, courses get out of date a bit too fast. I don’t see any reason to take them seriously as long as this dynamic holds. Do a course if you think it has some valuable content or maybe do some and get certificates to get your first job, but that’s the extent of it.
Certifications are a good way to show that you may have that skill or be familiar with it. However, if you can point to work experience with a skill, such as AI, it will do the same thing and also show you have real world experience.
With now AI existing more and more in this world. Yes.<p>A CV is not enough, previous projects isn't enough and references aren't enough and you can forget about a cover letter.