Are you over-or under-certified?

Certifications can be a great plus on a resume and help you get the interview. In short, they are good things; however, like any good thing, there is a point where they can become negative. In the industry today, it seems everyone is offering certifications, but only a few have real value in the world of hiring.

Certifications that matter

So, what certifications matter? This is a rather simple answer – cloud provider certifications and a few vendor certifications, including Terraform and Kubernetes. The list is rather small as to what certifications will actually add value to your resume; for me, the only ones I list are my Amazon Web Services (AWS) professional certifications, leaving out lesser certifications.

How many are too many certifications?

I once held the resume of a person who was three years into an IT career and had every AWS certification and every Azure certification available listed on their resume. I refused to even...