Is the PMP certification a joke? Some colleagues have suggested I look into it, but seems pretty useless from my research.

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Depending on the industry it can get a lot of respect. IT project management jobs seem to look for it.

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Oh man, I hope not. I have that!

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It will do more damage than benefit these days specially in the software engineering space where Agile dominates

Good on paper, useless in real life.

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Jane Doe, PMP

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