# Certification change: feedback **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [November 9, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certification-change-feedback/66282 "2022-11-09T11:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certification-change-feedback/66282/13 "2022-11-09T13:57:49Z")
I have near-zero faith in the certifications. I'm not a fan of certifications in general. It isn't just an IA issue. They arose as a wider proxy for the excellence that used to be recognized in a person's or organization's public reputation. They have metastasized into a _ **replacement** _ for reputation, enforced by financial incentives and requiring financial sacrifices, instead of being the _ **start** _ towards one's reputation. In today's litigious world, in part due to the financial aspects, there is also substantial pressure to not allow failures. Which makes outsiders (and some insiders) question the actual value of the certificate. FWIW, I, personally, am **not** Ignition Certified. At all. And I have no intention to waste my time on it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/certification-change-feedback/66282)._