--- title: 5 Free Certifications to Land Your First Developer Job description: Free certifications can be a valuable asset, especially for those switching to software development from non-tech roles. The post lists five certifications,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-free-certifications-to-land-your-first-developer-job-lbg1yxwjk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 Free Certifications to Land Your First Developer Job | daily.dev og:description: Free certifications can be a valuable asset, especially for those switching to software development from non-tech roles. The post lists five certifications,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-free-certifications-to-land-your-first-developer-job-lbg1yxwjk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lbg1yXWjk.png og:image:alt: 5 Free Certifications to Land Your First Developer Job og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 Free Certifications to Land Your First Developer Job **[KDnuggets](https://daily.dev/sources/kdnuggets)** · 5 min read · 637 upvotes · 37 comments ## Summary Free certifications can be a valuable asset, especially for those switching to software development from non-tech roles. The post lists five certifications, including freeCodeCamp’s Responsive Web Design and JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms, and Harvard’s CS50 Introduction to Computer Science, which teach essential skills through hands-on projects and coding challenges. Completing these certifications can help build an impressive project portfolio and prepare for technical interviews. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@salentipy** · 3 upvotes > I had totally forgotten about EdX and didn't realize what a couple of those Free Code Camp programs were. Thanks for sharing! **@iverssonadielkaufert** · 2 upvotes > The Odin Project also a good course... > I recomend it. > https://www.theodinproject.com/ **@amarelamorte** · 1 upvotes > I am SO GLAD someone mentioned FCC!! I basically already have the first 3 that’s listed in the article from FCC. I’m basically just redoing the work to get reacquainted with everything. Definitely going to be looking in to the CS50 courses on EdX!! Thank you for writing this!! **@inn0cent\_zer0** · 1 upvotes > I didn't realize about those courses. Thanks for sharing, dude **@adamowy** · 0 upvotes > Thank you, it will help me start --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/5-free-certifications-to-land-your-first-developer-job-lbg1yxwjk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"5 Free Certifications to Land Your First Developer Job","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-free-certifications-to-land-your-first-developer-job-lbg1yxwjk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/5-free-certifications-to-land-your-first-developer-job-lbg1yxwjk"},"datePublished":"2024-07-04T12:09:20.243Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T15:51:55.841Z","description":"Free certifications can be a valuable asset, especially for those switching to software development from non-tech roles. 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