E13: Do You Need Certifications?
When I asked about the project management certification to my manager, he said,
"If your projects fail, no one will care about PMP; if your projects succeed again, no one will care if you have PMP"
I learned that what matters are the results and the outcome you produce not the piece of paper you hold.
Remember this. Michael Porter, a celebrated Harvard professor started a consulting company but had to file for bankruptcy. But the illiterate dabbawala's have been doing their profitable business for 125 years.
Accumulating certificates doesn't matter. Acquiring knowledge doesn't matter. What you do with it is the only thing that counts.
What do you say?