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Have you ever earned a digital certificate or a badge? If yes, how do you make use of them?

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Hello PH Community 👋 I'm running a digital credential business and trying to understand how people make use of their achievements to further develop my product. I'd be more than happy to hear your experiences!
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I have a couple digital certificates from Coursera, putting them on my resume definitely gave me leverage in applying for jobs where my actual degree was not a 100% match. In a way, once you are advanced enough into your career and an additional degree does not make much sense as an investment, a great way to go is to get certified online in some areas. Similar to any extra credits I could've taken in uni, but with higher value now actually as I choose the courses that complement my already existing job experience and even help negotiate better pay as well.
YES! I took 's course about Amazon ads. For a while a posted this on my website (I got 100%!) because I also help people publish books and market them (Amazon ads etc.) This helped boost my authority.
I have received digital certificates from many fields, most notably in the field of Seo and Digital Marketing. I show it on my linkedin and my cv. I usually prefer the free ones.

That's a classic chicken-and-egg problem in the credential space: how do you move a badge from a 'vanity trophy' on a profile to a 'trust signal' that actually impacts a career?

At Mobiwolf, we hire a lot of remote talent, and while we look at certifications, they’re often at the bottom of the list—we care way more about GitHub activity or direct technical references. To make your product truly sticky, have you considered shifting from a 'static badge' to a 'verifiable capability'? If your system could cryptographically tie a badge to a specific project repository or a code contribution, that would be a game-changer for people like me who are constantly vetting remote engineers. Otherwise, badges just feel like digital stickers, and they rarely move the needle on real-world hiring.