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The technology sector is flooded with corporate certifications from every vendor. It's a sales tool - build more sales by selling the training package and certifications make people feel as if they accomplished something.

The reality is when the company's go out of business, merge, or when the product changes, the certification goes down in value. They are also devalued when non-practioners get the cetification. Consder the case with "paper MCSEs" which refers to people who hold the certification, but cannot apply any useful working knowledge to systems.

I agree with John Will - advanced degrees open doors for the business world.