@xianc78 If you are just starting certificates can get you a bump over the next guy. Experience is way more desirable though.

I never got any .. the tests are usually dumb and on obscure bullshit parts of the language/framework/whatever that no one uses. It's better just to switch jobs every 3 years to gain other experience and keep getting paid at market rates.

Can’t speak about details of hirability, but I think performance-based certifications where you actually do tasks of a job, is something that should be carry more weight. Meanwhile, I wouldn’t hire anyone solely on a CompTIA Security+ cert, unless it was just some sales position for a security consultancy company. I’ve seen the worst of people just repeatedly retesting for Security+ until they pass (whereas Security+ is a DoD requirement, for anyone wanting admin access on military networks, thus they try shoving people through).

While I’d give support for the Linux Foundation’s LFCS or LFCE certs, given those are performance-based, by actually performing a series of tasks on actual VMs, with no search engine use, just repo-provided documentation.