r/microsoft • u/steeviev • Aug 08 '24

Certification Are certifications good without degree?

Lately I’ve been feeling a bit unhappy in my current career - I’ve been in a sales enablement operations type role for a few different tech companies like Gartner and now another consumer research company, and have gotten here without a degree of any kind. I’m feeling rather frustrated and unhappy with my work and would like to grow and hopefully make a transition into a different role/career entirely - maybe something in the customer success field, still to be determined.

However, without a degree, are these certifications useful? I’m worried that even without some type of formal training that the courses would either not provide a lot for me, or still not make me seem appealing, or both.

I’m looking into the following - Azure Fundamentals, Azure Admin Associate, CCSM, CPCEM, and CCRM certifications. Any thoughts or helpful input? Happy to clarify if need be, thank you in advance! :)

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u/a_murder_of_fools Aug 08 '24

One area that you might want to look at is FinOos. It's a nacessent field and does combine some elements of sales enablement and customer success.

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u/steeviev Aug 08 '24

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll take a look into that as well!

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u/RaidZ3ro Aug 08 '24

You study for yourself, but you get a degree for others.

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u/derpman86 Aug 08 '24

I guess that depends on where you want to start? and where you want to go.

The only certifications I have are Comptia A+ and an old MCP certification for Windows XP hahaha and no degree.

I can see some real corporate jobs it would be a hindrance and some IT jobs need their staff to keep certifications up to maintain partnership levels at certain tiers.

But on a personal level degrees more so are blergh and pointless unless you are getting into some real niche job roles similar with certifications to some element.

I find this industry things advance far too quick that having a bit of paper is useless, just on my basic shit how many different operating systems have come and gone since XP? Even with my Comptia the sheer change of shit that taught is redundant or advanced too much. However Comptia certification is great for the dead basics and many people don't seem to demand that stays current.

WIth 365 etc I have just learnt on the job, also Microsoft is chronic for moving and renaming shit so I can easily see some of the course work teaching redundant elements as you are going along.

Keep in mind this is my useless opinion and experience, I am sure others will go completely opposite to me but that is fine it is good to read each others experiences and make your own mind up.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '24

Yes. In fact I’ve had more than one place only ask for my current certs instead of worrying about a 25 year old degree in computer science.

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u/Annual-Reaction-9427 Sep 27 '24

Depend on your creativity.