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Certification or Degree, which one do you think has more weight in IT? Please comment.

Actually Certificate: Certificate gives you Many Skills while Degree gives academic qualification. I'm IT student but I had to enrolled certificates to learned Programming languages

You need a balance of both...

A degree gives you underlying knowledge whilst certificates are a confirmation of your competency in a specified field.

You know how some companies can be with their, must be a graduate and completed NYSC with 5 years experience.
So to be safe, have your degree. The certification gives you an edge.

Please I have a cousin looking for an IT security entry position.
Please if you know of any openings, PM me

Certification is more important, but you can get the two to be on the safer side.

Certification. Skills are what get you hired not mouth.

Anyway which way

Any is OK...... Both are perfect.........

Experience then certificate and then degree. it depends on your location. What i wrote is how it works in the UK

Degree then certification but most importantly experience

degree preferable dino malaye type

Certification

Both

Neither... What gets you hired is experience...

iihtNigeria:
Certification or Degree, which one do you think has more weight in IT? Please comment.

both, but skill is the most important

certificate jor! see weytin certificate do for Dino melaye

Get certificates, work on projects when you can and build up experience.

Most of the best programmers are self taught.

Certification without a degree is like building a house in the air.

Skywalker5:
Experience then certificate and then degree. it depends on your location. What i wrote is how it works in the UK

Then the opposite must work in Nigeria because we do things up side down here..lolz

This topic must have made front page at least 7 times or so.

Well you actually need both. Your degree is more like a basic foundation in the IT field while your certifications are structures and add-ons. In Nigeria especially, they are usually more detailed in terms of practical content.

You actually need both - one gives you the theoretical foundation whilst the other certifies the practical understanding.

Refer to the quoted response below and you would understand why both is needed.

Kaeyzo:
Actually Certificate: Certificate gives you Many Skills while Degree gives academic qualification. I'm IT student but I had to enrolled certificates to learned Programming languages

In this terrain, a degree may be a prerequisite to certification. In other words, the certification may only have enough weight if backed by your degree.

#NigerianFactor

both are good...

Degree. Don't anyone tell you otherwise.

Here's a blog post from a Google engineer about certifications.

http://steve-yegge..com.ng/2007/09/ten-tips-for-slightly-less-awful-resume.html?m=1

mmsen:
Get certificates, work on projects when you can and build up experience.

Most of the best programmers are self taught.

Best response so far

Certificate

certifications and more certifications there is no 2 ways about it.

None its all abt ur skill, wat can u do

Degree is always better in IT. It shows that you are disciplined enough to go through a five year academic exercise. One major thing people learn in the university is how to solve problems. That's why you spend five years reading books, writing quizzes/exams and executing projects. Get a degree, it is very important.

Both...if u're new in the industry, i'm assuming u have a bsc already, then get a few certifications (cisco, microsoft or whatever). Upon getting a few positions in ur chosen field, u can then add more academic qualifications to it....skills are very important too!

aikyg:
Degree is always better in IT. It shows that you are disciplined enough to go through a five year academic exercise. One major thing people learn in the university is how to solve problems. That's why you spend five years reading books, writing quizzes/exams and executing projects. Get a degree, it is very important.

You don't learn how to solve problems by sitting through lectures or classes, you learn by doing.

If I'm looking for a programmer I'm looking to see past projects not how much time you spent sat in class.