no, "Claude Certified" is not a scam

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TLDR

Goda Go responds to accusations that the 'Claude Certified Architect' program is a scam, clarifying that the official certification is real but gated to select partners. Misinformation arose from confusing a free course completion certificate from Anthropic with the actual paid certification, and from her own community's narrow messaging around the opportunity. She insists the certification provides legitimate business advantages and partnership opportunities.

Key points

  • Goda Go's 'Claude Certified Architect' program is an official, gated certification for AI specialists, not a scam.
  • Confusion stemmed from Anthropic offering a free completion certificate for their academy courses, which some mistook for an official certification.
  • Critics mistakenly believed the certification involved AI certifying people for jobs, a misunderstanding she clarifies in the video.
  • She created the program to help her community members access US contracting work with insurance and partnerships.
  • Accusations of being a scam surprised her, as she never talks about money and focuses on providing training and collaborative deal-making.
  • The certification is already leading to real business discussions with US companies seeking certified architects.
  • Official exam prep documents are expected soon, and she plans to release a follow-up video.
  • She invites those who understand the value to join her community for training and access to the certification path.

Tools mentioned

  • Claude Certified Architect
  • Anthropic (Academy)

Techniques

  • Community-driven certification program
  • Exam prep guides created by community members

Takeaways

  • The 'Claude Certified' program is a legitimate, official certification, not a scam or AI-driven ranking.
  • Misinformation is common in early-stage tech opportunities; verify sources before judging.
  • Partnerships and deal-making are already happening based on this certification, especially in the US.
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The number one question that everyone is asking regarding clot certification is hey how can I actually take it because it is gated to untraic partners and the people that I hugely respect and come from the tech backgrounds already started talking about it too. So I thought that hey let me take on huge risk huge liability where I have to create multiple companies company also again in US so my community members can actually take on client work in US and contract and have insuranceances. So me genius thought like oh my god what I'm going to do is create all these opportunities for people for my community members and share this really insane advantage that landed in my lap and you know like I I don't know what I thought like you know probably a single child always craves approval and love. So I make a video about this and I generally was shocked. I think it was the first time that I was called a scam and I genuinely was like what you can hate certifications you can hate AI like that's all fine but to think that this is a scam obviously those people did not watch like my on that video average view retention is like super low so then I was thinking like what's going on what what is that and some comments were generally angry and then other people started, you know, commented that no, she is not a scam. So, thank you for you if you commented. Um, turns out I kind of went a bit digging and I'm very empathetic regarding this. So, what I figured when I said Clot Certified Architect, people know Claude as an AI tool. So, some people commented about like AI classifying people and that it's really unfair. And I was like, what? what are you talking about? And then it clicked for me that I think people thought that it's AI certifying people. Imagine like kind of feels crazy but now I kind of get it like imagine that you use your AI and it kind of certifies you and you can get jobs if AI says that you're a good candidate. By the way, those things are already happening but beside the point. So that was my first intention. My first thought was like, oh, maybe people got triggered and I need to just make a video explaining it more clear. However, that is a little bit too strong of a sentiment regarding like scam. It's such a like strong thing and and I was just like am I giving the energy of like scam? Like I never talk about money. I never talk like hey make money with Alex like so it completely my video reach new audience but even with the new audience I'm like never thought that I give that energy if that makes sense but then I was like okay hey Fable figure out like do research like what do people really think about this clot certification like do they like it do they want it what's going on obviously people are realizing that it's insanely early and it's going to be giant thing or it's starting to be giant thing and of course there's like all these exam prep guides and some are charging you money just to prepare for exam even though it's all from PDF exam prep PDF so for example my community members they are all tossing that exam guide making personalized exam prep tools and sharing everyone is sharing what works for them okay so turns out that Venontrophic published their free academy courses. If you finish those courses, you get this like certificate for completion. So now I think there was I saw some blog post where I think this like Robin or somebody was making substation is a scam like there's no official certification. Of course that gets indexed in AIS and that's what people saw. So I wish in a sense that on traffic was maybe smarter not called free certificate for completion and then clot official certification like an actual thing. I can see how it's confusing and I'm thinking just like maybe that's the part that everything is just so early and because of it so early it's so much confusion and you know like I sat down and was like a bit doubting myself I'm offering this in my community that hey we are going to teach you we are going to put you in a room with other certified architects with other top people in AI and if we get to know you and you actually build and you have a proof proof and you go through our training that you have our quality assurance. We bring you to the certification. We you become my partner and we work together and you come and collaborate with other members on deals. Well, at least that's the vision. But if people think that's a scam, I think I can't prove that it's not. So then you kind of think like, okay, so people who hate AI and were misinformed are going to miss out on opportunity. That's obviously not the people that I want in my community anyways, but other people go and read this comments. So I think the point of this video is that I need to clarify that no, the certification is not a scam. It is an official thing. You can't simply access it. It's gated. I already had calls with companies in US who are looking to partner with me for example to have access to people who are specialized in different industries and are cla certified architects those conversations deal making is happening in a back like people are not making YouTube videos about this and people are not going to talk about it if they are not taking the exam themselves right I definitely didn't plan to make a idea. Uh, clearly I was about to leave home, but I felt like I needed to make a video about this just to get it off my chest. I guess it is what it is. Like I didn't take it personally. So if you called me a scam, I was just a bit surprised because I never thought that like I give that energy. Maybe I do, but I don't know. In any case, the official exam prep documents are supposed to come today or tomorrow. And I'm going to make a video about that as well. And if you don't think that I'm a scam and you want to get certified and you actually know and worked with CLA or need training and want to be in a room with other people who are going through certification, we would love to get to know you. else. I see you in the next

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