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African_Farmer
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Is it worth obtaining a certificate? Will it make me more employable in a consultancy role or otherwise?
Yes, I'm lucky enough to have a junior analyst positionAre you employed at the moment?
Actually, I've already done a course in C#, pretty confident with it too. Also dabbled with SQL, Java and VBA. I understood computing skills would help me stand out, so I invested in those pretty early when I realised university wasn't the best route for me.My gut reaction is it's a lot of effort to do something tangential to your current role. However, investing in yourself is never a bad thing.
One of my little hobby horses is software development skills - a lot of actuaries don't have much formal training in software engineering, yet it is a very useful skill for technical roles. I don't know if you might consider this worth looking at.
It would also be worth having a chat with your managers about this kind of subject as well.