At the tail end of me being a permie my old employer sent me (along with the entire department) on a Scrum Master Course, cue a 2 day jolly followed by an exam (which was impossible to fail) and I became a fully certified 'Scrum Master', its now 2 years later and my certification has expired.
Those nice folks at the scrum alliance want $100 to renew my certification for another 2 years. I have never performed the Scrum Master role, although I have worked exclusively as a developer on Agile projects ever since. I am erring along the lines of not bothering as to me it seems purely like a money making exercise. They require no proof that I have indeed been performing a Scrum Master role since then. My other certifications (including Java 2 certified programmer which I got back in 2004) have no such time restriction.
What do others think, worth $100 for another 2 years or not bother as its a waste of money?
Those nice folks at the scrum alliance want $100 to renew my certification for another 2 years. I have never performed the Scrum Master role, although I have worked exclusively as a developer on Agile projects ever since. I am erring along the lines of not bothering as to me it seems purely like a money making exercise. They require no proof that I have indeed been performing a Scrum Master role since then. My other certifications (including Java 2 certified programmer which I got back in 2004) have no such time restriction.
What do others think, worth $100 for another 2 years or not bother as its a waste of money?
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