Free industry-recognized certificated courses?
Posted by poulnow@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 3 comments
Hello, I'm a freshman pursuing an electronics engineering degree and am seeking certification (C# or Python) for personal objectives. After searching, I can only find courses that provide full certifications only when paid for the certificate itself. On the other hand, fully free courses only provide basic certificates (completion without training or so) that I think won't be accepted by industries.
As a broke student wanting to learn and work, are there any courses that exist providing industry-recognized certifications for free? Tyia
shaq-ille-oatmeal@reddit
honestly most “industry-recognized certificates” don’t matter as much as people think, especially for freshers, companies care way more about what you can build than what certificate you have
instead of chasing paid certificates, focus on building real projects, even small ones like APIs, automation scripts, or simple apps, that’s what actually proves your skills
use tools like Runable along with something like GitHub and Cursor to build and showcase working projects quickly, then put those on your resume with clear explanations
a few solid projects you understand well will get you way further than any free certificate
Espfire@reddit
To be honest, certifications don’t usually carry much weight as people think. Sure, they can help open a few doors, but there’s tons of free material out there. Building personal projects and showcasing them on a portfolio carries a ton more weight than certifications.
poulnow@reddit (OP)
Thank you for that, I'll be focusing on creating projects on github instead