Unity now offers various levels of certification for programmers and artists that will lend a certain amount of credibility and empirical skill ranking to your resume. These are great if you're trying to break into the game industry as a self-taught or non-computer science major, and they come in the following flavors:
- Certified Associate
- Certified User: Programmer
- Certified Programmer
- Certified Artist
- Certified Expert – Gameplay Programmer
- Certified Expert – Technical Artist: Rigging and Animation
- Certified Expert – Technical Artist: Shading and Effects
Unity also provides preparatory courses in-house and through third-party providers to help you get ready for the various certifications. You can find all the information at https://certification.unity.com.
Never let a certification, or the lack of one, define your work or what you put out into the world. Your last hero's trial is to join the development community...
