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I'm a software engineer. Given how massive AWS is, I'd like to learn more about everything it has to offer. Plus it looks great on paper. On the other hand, I find Google Cloud CLI/UX to be much more intuitive. The product management cert just stood out as something I'd be interested in, and adds some variety. I feel it would be a shame to limit ourselves to technical certs.

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If you're suggesting your certificate quest is more about learning than the certificate, then I would suggest you keep books in mind too. The reason being, certificate courses are normally aimed at teaching you enough info to pass a specific exam. Whilst books will typically be broader.

And for what it's worth, in my experience, certificates (in the context of recruitment) are more often used as a gatekeeper.. aside from a few exceptions, such as some of the Cisco certs.

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