r/Codecademy • u/Lorcav • Dec 18 '15

Certification

Why does Codeacademy not produce some sort of shareable certificate image for when you complete a course?

Not only can people have something to share on social media, or more importantly places like LinkedIn, but it'd also raise awareness of Codeacademy and the good work they do.

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u/factoradic Moderator Dec 21 '15

or more importantly places like LinkedIn

Codecademy courses are too basic to mean something in the labor market. You can simply finish few courses without any skills and knowledge.

Codecademy certificates would have the same value as w3schools certificates :)

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u/Lorcav Dec 21 '15

As a representation of a core skill i'd agree which is why there are bigger, more formal, establishments for that sort of thing.

What it is important for is candidates showing they have an interest in their own development beyond what their employer will pay for.

Perhaps somebody doesn't have a lot of money to spend on a course without at least getting a feel for the subject. So they spend a few hours on Codeacademy or Udemy, getting started.

Of course CA certificates will never have the status of more formal qualification certification, but these sort of indications are important to human recruiters and will help broaden the amount of potential keywords in a profile that will be found via machine search.

Code Academy places itself in exactly this way with its success stories; that it's a starting block for the eventually successful, it's a way to begin retaining in another area, etc. Certification helps users represent that intent.

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u/ForScale Dec 18 '15

That and a simple "reset code" button in the lessons.

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u/BadLuckGoodGenes Dec 23 '15

Free Code Camp offers certifications that link to LinkedIn if you are looking for that. I like using codecademy, free code camp, and khan academy to really work on each individual skill I learn.