As of end of day, yesterday, I am officially a Certified Scrum Product Owner.
What does that mean? According to the Scrum Alliance, it means:
Earning the CSPO means you have validated scrum knowledge and understand the product owner accountability on a scrum team.
Mind, this is the initial certification and there is a path leading to two more, but as this is the entry level certification and I already have over 20 years of experience, I’m not sure how much further I wish to proceed on my own dime. Demonstration of proficiency was the goal and I have accomplished this.
Current hypothesis is that this should make me more attractive in the market. If it does not, then it confirms what I have suspected since roughly 2017, to wit: Gendered bias and agism is alive and well in the technologies industry.
We shall see, shan’t we?