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Holy baloney - are you all STILL talking about SAP certification 10+ years AFTER The Certification 5 (of which I was lead author and survey wrangler - ahem) definitively proved that SAP Certification only benefitted SAP Education and rarely if ever showed demonstrable competence beyond skills at answering multiple choice questions?

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I can't speak to what spurred Jelena to write about certifications, but I think they're pretty much bullshit.

My friend Kurt wrote about them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/observations-re-certifications-kurt-briesemeister-prqre/ - I think his perspective _on_ certifications is more valuable than the certifications themselves. Anyone looking at his profile should read the article, not the certification list.

To anyone seeing this comment wondering about certifications: I think your time is better spent getting skills and finding ways to prove you have them without jumping through meaningless multiple choice exam hoops.

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Den, you would be surprised (or not :) ). Apparently a new generation grew up that keeps asking questions like "which certification do I need to be instantly offered a cushy SAP job". Thought I'd just write this down and send people a link.

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FFS - it seems that some people totally ignorant of history. Idiots!

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