Is web development certification worth it?

[perrytheperson]

I'm in my second year of an IT degree and I am about to start my web development course.  I am very excited because I think I would like to pursue that as a career. I was looking through the tutorials thread and w3schools offer a certification.

 

 Is it worth it?

[niofalpha]

Id'e assume it would look good on a resume...

[Rheinwasser]

depends on how much you would have to learn and if you think if would benefit you later (job ideas etc.).

[perrytheperson]

depends on how much you would have to learn and if you think if would benefit you later (job ideas etc.).

Right, I just wouldn't want to pay $95 for a certification that may not be credible.  I guess having experience plus a portfolio would be better than just a certification.

[Maximation]

Right, I just wouldn't want to pay $95 for a certification that may not be credible. I guess having experience plus a portfolio would be better than just a certification.

If you want to do freelance work, you only need a very good portfolio and of course enough experience. If you would like to work for a big web development company I assume certificates will also be important.

[Dredgy]

I say not, as not a single person I've seen with one knows anything about good code.

(or about 99.99999999% of university graduates for that matter)

[Guest]

If you don't have a portfolio to back it up it won't do squat for you.

[perrytheperson]

I say not, as not a single person I've seen with one knows anything about good code.

(or about 99.99999999% of university graduates for that matter)

 

I've heard this a lot on the internet.  My university gives us "proper" coding standards that are suppose to be universal.  Do people just ignore this is every university different?

[Guest]

I've heard this a lot on the internet.  My university gives us "proper" coding standards that are suppose to be universal.  Do people just ignore this is every university different?

 

People ignore it. The only effective way to enforce it is to make everyone working on a project lint their code via pre-commit hook.

[Nuluvius]

I've heard this a lot on the internet.  My university gives us "proper" coding standards that are suppose to be universal.  Do people just ignore this is every university different?

 

Some may but in general it's only the 'real world' that can teach one how things should really be done. Then it's up to the individual as to what it is exactly that they then choose to take away from those lessons.