Ask HN: Are Google IT Support Certificates Worth Doing?

A bit of background first: I've got a friend asking me for career advice. I'm a software dev living in NZ and she is a lab tech in the US. I don't know a huge amount about either the IT Support career track or the US IT job market.

So with that out of the way, are the Google IT qualifications [1] a good choice for someone looking to change their career and get a foot in the door at entry level?

In my circles the IT support career starts with several years of help desk support at various levels. Then followed by a promotion/job move into an IT Admin / Sys Admin style role. Then maybe a move into a devops team (what exactly that means is different each time). Some people have short cut that process with a university CompSci/Software Engineering degree but I don't think anyone I know has short cut that with just CompTIA style qualifications.

Would someone in the US (New York state, not city if that makes a difference) expect a similar career track? Would doing the Google IT qualifications allow them to step into a Sys Admin role, would hiring managers hire them for that?

I would like to make sure I'm not going to steer her wrong, that any advice is given with the US context in mind.

Thanks heaps in advance.

[1]: https://grow.google/certificates/it-support/