What should you do, if you see the great certificate in the CV of the software developer? Ignore it!

This may be controversial, but there is a lot of truth in this sentence.

I am a Certified Google Professional Cloud Architect. How did I do it?

• I attended a 12 weeks training course. I worked hard in my free time, in the evenings.

• I watched around 30h of videos + 30h of labs (do not know the cost).

• I attended 2 days of training in preparation for the certificate (the company paid $1,000),

• I learned hard.

• I didn't want to be the only guy in the company that failed the exam,

so I asked colleges how they do it. They bought questions here for $40! (no, it is not a referral link). I just learned the question and passed the exam. For me, more than 50% of the questions were from this page.

Lesson learned

Everybody can pass any exam doing the same. Some people may work hard, some not. But everybody is happy:

• Google because the sold certificate for $200,

• Training companies

• Your company, because they invested to get some knowledge

• You because your CV has a new line.

As an interviewer, I do not care anymore about any certificate. I care about real knowledge, the thing that should be gained from all these games.