Schools Of Thought On IT Certifications

Throughout my career, I have encountered 2 schools of thought when it comes to the value of IT certifications.

The first school of thought is that IT certifications are worthless. I generally find the workers who adhere to this school of thought to be in the IT industry for multiple decades. Many of whom can recall the days when the clock speed of CPUs needed to be adjusted. Their experience is far more valuable than whatever a certification can provide for they are the ones who are essentially writing the standards of the IT industry.