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The IT Certs That No Longer Pay Extra

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 2, 2012 @03:03PM from the changing-values dept.

snydeq writes "Overall employment in tech is improving, but the certs you could once count on for a job or extra pay are losing their value, InfoWorld reports. 'Businesses no longer value what are increasingly considered standard skills, and instead are putting their money both into a new set of emerging specialties and into hybrid technology/business roles.'"

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Re:Hybrid Programmer-BusinessAnalyst Roles by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-02 15:12 · Score: 5, Funny

But a hybridized role offers the possibility of leveraging the perspectives of both, creating synergistic opportunities resulting from such unique dual-paradigm exposure.
Re:Good, Because Certs Are Worthless by cashman73 · 2012-02-02 15:14 · Score: 5, Funny

I thought that the only certificate that tech employers cared about was the H1B?
No job yet, but... by multiben · 2012-02-02 15:44 · Score: 5, Funny

I have certificate of participation I received for my recent attendance in an "Equality at Work" seminar. Still no job offers as yet, but I expect the big bucks to start rolling in anytime soon.