I got certified in pencil sharpening last week.
Twelve modules. Forty hours. There was a capstone project. I sharpened a pencil. It was a #2 pencil because, yah.
I'm now a Certified Pencil Sharpening Professional (CPSP). Felt important.
The course covered the history of pencils. The philosophy of sharpness. We had a whole unit on "sharpening with intent." I wrote a 500-word reflection on my relationship with wood shavings.
Cost me $299.
Now I'm launching my own course: Advanced Pencil Sharpening for Enterprise. It's the same twelve modules, but I added the word "strategic."
$799.
This is what AI certifications are.
Forty hours on "prompt engineering" (typing words). A certificate that says you can type "be concise" into a text box. A badge for your profile that impresses exactly no one who actually builds things.
You're not learning AI. You're learning how to talk to a very patient intern who already knows everything.
That's not a skill. That's onboarding.
But congrats on the certificate. It'll look great next to your pencil sharpening credentials.
I hear Minnesota is the Mecca of AI Certification Courses.
We should connect. I want to sell you on my next course: "How to write 50k lines of garbage code".
❤️
Jake, CPSP