Consider this...you don't have a degree in CS or any related field. You take a couple of classes to pass a cert and now suddenly people are responding to your resume on Dice. So now that $200 four years ago to get your measly A+ got you in the door of a new job and out of one you completely detested. So that was my situation and I have no complaints. Now, as for today I have no desire to really pursue anything unless I think I really need not so much the paper itself but at least the baseline knowledge that comes with it.