Theoretically, the employer could just look at the grades a person received in their algorithms class in college.  So, how would your certification program inspire more confidence than a university degree?<p>That&#x27;s one of the perennial problems with programming certifications -- they either certify technology that falls out of favor&#x2F;use after a short time, or it certifies evergreen techniques that colleges&#x2F;universities are supposed to cover.  So you end up competing with MS&#x2F;Cisco&#x2F;Sun or Harvard&#x2F;Berkley&#x2F;etc.<p>Also, sites ranging from HackerRank to StackExchange offer a similar service.  It&#x27;s not a &quot;certification&quot; per se, but they certainly market their platform as a way to identify effective developers.