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i want to do microsoft certification but it helps in career growth.If then how??
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Sorry that my observation is highly subjective. It really depends on the level of carrier. I changed job many times, had tons of interviews and almost never been asked about such certifications. I saw some job opportunities where such certifications were considered highly desirable, but by indirect signs I usually had the impression that such jobs are more for well-trained monkeys.

When I'm looking at a candidate, I personally think that certification is not education. It's next to nothing compared to real education (don't mix up with "training"), experience, creativity, rationality, practical skills, attitudes and higher values. I knew many clever people who make or advise decisions on hiring developers and agree with this opinion.

Again, this is very subjective. It also highly depends on what you want.

I'm talking only about software development and similar creative roles. For example, in system administration certification plays apparently more important role.

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Uday P.Singh 11-Nov-11 3:12am    
great answer, I do have the same perception. 5+
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Nov-11 3:14am    
Thank you, Uday. I just added a sentence saying that I knew many clever people who make or advise decisions on hiring developers and agree with this opinion (about importance of higher values).
--SA
Mehdi Gholam 11-Nov-11 3:34am    
5'ed but with one caveat :

If you are looking for a job and the employer is using a recruitment agency then certification might get you past the vetting and into an interview (the agency acting as a dumb filter that looks for paper trails).
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Nov-11 3:43am    
Well, maybe, but this is may be not a sufficient justification for wasting part of your life and money...
And I did not see it happens much. Recruiting signal-to-noise it too bad anyway to pay attention for such a small factor.
Thank you, Mehdi.
--SA

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