I could see this being ok if the certs were retaken regularly. Passing a cert at one point in time doesn't mean you've retained all the knowledge that cert is suppose to assess after some time has passed. This is essentially what TripleByte does for its process to find good engineers for startups.
Re:Aging programmer
by quickthrower2 on Sunday September 25, 2022 @08:46PM
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I think "can this person even code" certs can be like a driving license, and last a long time. More specific skills yes should be renewed.
It a small company not specialized in education and examinations can set a test and deduce if I am good enough to code, then this can be standardized. And there could be many certs: 1. can code, 2. can code c++, 3. understands multithreading … and so on.