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Unfortunately this is true for a lot of professional certifications. The goal is too often not really to teach anything but protect the company from liability.



It reminds me a bit the "training" we do in finance. Is the right answer "call the police" or "help the terrorist hide the money in offshore accounts"?


Haha, yes, I love those!

Of course, the real answer, “ask your boss Cesare Borgia and do whatever he says, or you will be fired for insubordination”, is conspicuously absent.


"Whatever results in higher profits for the company"




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