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You've mentioned this before so I feel like I should be up front and honest about this. While it's a great personal goal, you would be better served in utilizing your time and effort at improving your skills. Anyone can get a certificate and most clients could care less. There are many persons that are what we call 'book smart' and can regurgitate learned information. But most completely lack the skills to perform even the most simple edits.

Learning the ins and outs of the technical aspects of Photoshop may make you sound like you know what your talking about but the proof is in the pudding. It's much more about your skill set. Finely honed Ps skills and a strong portfolio will speak much louder than a certificate. 

Think of it this way, your the client and you have 2 persons competing for the same project, one person has the Adobe Ps certificate, what would be your criteria for who will get the project?