Certifications never held value for developers. They hold value other types of people:

- For the companies who offer the certs - people pay them to test to prove they have skills, then tie themselves to using that company's product. Free organic marketing.

- For consulting firms who are business partners with the company who offers the cert. More certs = better partner programs.

- For people trying to get their first tech jobs: A cert with no experience is better than no cert and no experience.

But if you are a dev, just doing your work... they are at best a training tool, at worst an outright scam.

I would imagine OSCP has a high failure rate, but I have zero proof on that.

> In 2025, do coding certifications still hold value for developers, or has practical experience taken the lead?

The best is to do both. I had worked with AWS for years and thought I knew it well until I did a AWS Solutions Architect Professional course.

Best advice I’ve always offered is do not over study. Figure out your opportunity costs, study reasonably and take the test. If you fail, you should pass the next time. Don’t be one of the people that studies 400 hrs and passes.

Did you intend to post a link or is this askHN?

Probably PMP?

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