so our college just dropped this big list of certifications and idk if any of this actually matters or just timepass
some of the stuff:
IBM:
- IBM quantum computing
- agentic ai
- genai
- devops
- ai analyst
EC council:
- CEH
- SOC analyst
- cloud security
- digital forensics
- iot security
AWS / cloud:
- cloud practitioner
- solutions architect
- developer
- ml engineer
- security
microsoft / azure:
- ai fundamentals
- ai engineer
- devops
- security
- admin
google:
- cloud engineering (ace)
- cloud digital leader
- data analytics
- genai
other random:
- mern full stack
- salesforce
- dsa + leetcode course
- mongodb
- servicenow
- oracle java/sql/ai
- vlsi / embedded / iot internships
mostly through vendors like ethnus, face prep, smartbridge, iamneo etc
im a btech student, trying to focus on placements and not waste time
genuine doubts:
- do these even help in placements or shortlisting?
- are things like ibm / ec council / these vendor courses actually respected?
- or should i just ignore all this and focus on:
- projects
- dsa
- internships
would appreciate real opinions, not marketing stuff 🙏