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Harlan Wick

Harlan Wick

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Has anyone taken Google Career Certificates program or seen the result of people taking these programs?
 
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I've never even heard of this. But based on the subjects they teach, anyone with these certs would probably be applying for jobs outside of my team/department, so that's probably why I haven't heard of this or interviewed any candidates with them.
 
Spasticus Autisticus said:
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I've never even heard of this. But based on the subjects they teach, anyone with these certs would probably be applying for jobs outside of my team/department, so that's probably why I haven't heard of this or interviewed any candidates with them.
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Looks pretty promising to be honest.

But I'm kind of an idiot.
 
So I'll say this. I do not care if you get a certificate from "Jerry down the street who knows a bunch of stuff." As long as it's outside the scope of specific certifications or licenses required for the job, it shows me that not only can you learn, but that when you are left to your own devices you will learn stuff on your own. Everyone likes to claim that they're a 'fast learner' and 'self starter'. But very few people actually back that up in the interview when asked to give a few examples of their self-starting fast learning. As long as it's not too expensive this couldn't hurt your chances. Especially if it's the only difference between you and 10 other people who might as well have just photocopied your resume and put their names on it.
 
Don't get it. Not worth it. Most of these jobs want actual degrees, and these certificates is sorta just like "trophies" if anything. I thought give me better rates for career options, but most borderline public/private corporations require some form of bachelor's degree depending where you are planning to apply. The funny thing is that most of these careers will be "entry level", despite saying you'd need a minimum of 2 years experience. This is why most college/university graduates can't find any jobs, even with their degrees, and as to why most of them are working in public services now. It's just a bunch of shilling.
 
catmadi said:
Don't get it. Not worth it. Most of these jobs want actual degrees, and these certificates is sorta just like "trophies" if anything. I thought give me better rates for career options, but most borderline public/private corporations require some form of bachelor's degree depending where you are planning to apply. The funny thing is that most of these careers will be "entry level", despite saying you'd need a minimum of 2 years experience. This is why most college/university graduates can't find any jobs, even with their degrees, and as to why most of them are working in public services now. It's just a bunch of shilling.
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This is also 100% true. I wouldn't rely on this to get you a job. Use it (and anything else) to distinguish yourself from the other 50 people with your exact same qualifications.

I'll give a tip to all the college grads who are stuck in the "have no experience>can't get a job without experience" loop. Laterals. It's not sexy and it's not fun, but most companies prefer to promote from within. Someone who qualifies for an entry level position but has no field experience is almost a lock for the gig if they already work for me. I don't care if they're the night janitor. At entry level the experience requirements are less "do you know what you're doing?" and more "are you a crazy person who I'm going to have to fire in 6 months because you don't know how to keep a job?"

That's just my perspective. I obviously don't speak for anyone else.
 
Some JERK said:
So I'll say this. I do not care if you get a certificate from "Jerry down the street who knows a bunch of stuff." As long as it's outside the scope of specific certifications or licenses required for the job, it shows me that not only can you learn, but that when you are left to your own devices you will learn stuff on your own. Everyone likes to claim that they're a 'fast learner' and 'self starter'. But very few people actually back that up in the interview when asked to give a few examples of their self-starting fast learning. As long as it's not too expensive this couldn't hurt your chances. Especially if it's the only difference between you and 10 other people who might as well have just photocopied your resume and put their names on it.
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Personally I don't think certs are very impressive.
I get the sense that you can tell if someone has a coding mindset or not just from talking to him for a few minutes about what kind of coding projects he's done and asking him to look through some basic code. I don't know if this is really true or not, but some people just seem to have the gears turning in their head a lot faster than others. I live and breathe programming every day so I hope that comes across in interviews.
Also be very suspicious of diversity hires.
 
This looks like the same sort of bullshit certificates that Microsoft and CompTIA sell. Ideal for pajeets that can't afford to do an MBA but that's about it.
 
You'd think colleges would complain more loudly about these.
catmadi said:
Don't get it. Not worth it. Most of these jobs want actual degrees, and these certificates is sorta just like "trophies" if anything. I thought give me better rates for career options, but most borderline public/private corporations require some form of bachelor's degree depending where you are planning to apply. The funny thing is that most of these careers will be "entry level", despite saying you'd need a minimum of 2 years experience. This is why most college/university graduates can't find any jobs, even with their degrees, and as to why most of them are working in public services now. It's just a bunch of shilling.
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You'd think colleges would complain more loudly about this.
 
I'd rather see a movement towards certification programs as opposed to degree programs as a whole. A certificate has a substantially lower opportunity cost and allows people to try a bunch of things to determine what they enjoy doing the most. A degree program on the other hand starts with basically two years of electives before the person even enters their field of study in any meaningful way. I get that there's a lot of loss in certificate programs, but I'd rather spend two years and 500$ for each of the four certificates over 50k$ for a degree that I never complete because I changed majors any day.
 
they're pretty slow moving in the beginnings of the courses, it takes a lot of persistence and the only way to have them hold up against a degree is to have them ALL. there's a lot of them offered by google. also, the financial aid is easy to obtain to get them for free. very entry level, very easy to see if you like it.
 
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