Is W3Schools recognized by employers

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As the topic states, is using https://www.w3schools.com a recognized platform to teach yourself web dev?
Are the certifications taken seriously and counted as an education if you had to apply for a job?
 
You should definitely educate yourself and hone your craft with whatever tools and resources you can get your hands one whether it be W3Schools, Udemy, some random Medium blog post, this forum, certifications, whatever.

But, no, if you are asking this question I'm taking a guess that you are fairly young or new to the industry and will more than likely have a practical test given to complete as part of the interview process. The results of that test is going to count more.

What your W3Schools certification is going to do is open up an opportunity for the interviewer to ask you questions like "Oh right, what did that entail?" and "So are you keen to study more?" etc.
 
Ok thanks.
As you can study for free on the site, is it worth paying the $95 for each certification, if its isnt actually recognized?
 
I cannot answer that. Depends on the scope of the course. It may be worth it.
 
I am not a Web dev or designer, but I think it will help, as it will show you understand the basics. But don't think it is enough. They will most likely look at experience. Get as much experience as you can. Do as many projects as you can. Build up a portfolio. If you get employed with no prior experience, it will be a min. salary and to gain experience. Look for job opportunities and check the requirements.
 
In short, if you have w3schools on your cv as one of your primary sources of web tech education, I'm using your cv as a firestarter.

MDN would be better reference material, and consider paying for a short course, somewhere, anywhere.

After you've completed said shortcourse, pick a topic, any topic, and build a single page app for it. Repeat 2 more times. And then build a 1 page portfolio.

Extra points for using React, Vue and jQuery / pure javascript es6 (yes legacy code matters).

Welcome to the world of frontend dev. And good luck.

PS.Get ready to put in 12+ hour days, for a long long time. I worked 4 years straight, no breaks, no December holidays, for minimum pay, while paying off my student debt. All of that just to skill up enough to finally be called a mid-level frontend dev.
 
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The question isn’t really will it be recognised, so much as how will it compare to every other CV that comes through the door and the qualifications listed on those.

If you for instance had a single Red Hat certification on the CV I’d put you above anyone who even had 10 online courses covering the same.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
The question isn’t really will it be recognised, so much as how will it compare to every other CV that comes through the door and the qualifications listed on those.

If you for instance had a single Red Hat certification on the CV I’d put you above anyone who even had 10 online courses covering the same.
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FTFY :)
 
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