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0 pointsodonnellryan10y ago0 comments

It's not true. Some companies legitimately care about them: if you are an MSP it is very useful to have people with Cisco, MS, and other certs.

Sometimes it is almost required (see MS certs) to be competitive.

So, they only care because it's a business thing (not a qualification thing) but they do care.

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unprepare10y ago

I've worked for several MSPs this is my experience.

They are very keen on getting employees with existing certs or getting current employees to actively be getting more certs.

There are specific incentives from microsoft based on how many employees have certain levels of microsoft certification. it comes with discounts and marketing materials/privileges (Who doesnt want to say they are a Microsoft certified Gold support partner?)

As such, it is conveniently ignored that the guy with an MCSE isnt going to get fired because their gold level partnership lapses if they dont keep X number of MCSEs on staff