cybersecurity

It isnt respected in the hacker community but it is in the HR community for job postings. Sec+ has better content and is a fraction of the cost. And if you want to prove hands-on skills, OSCP is nearly the same price and well respected by everyone.

In my opinion, CEH has done a tremendous job at branding. Non-cyber tech people all know it. But the content is beginner level stuff.

While I don't have the certificate myself, I have seen a lot of colleges go for it since they see it as easily attainable.

I must say that I've met quite a few people who have the cert and we're basically useless.

I had a CEH but let it expire, like you. I've taken & passed a handful of certifications over several years. (Haven't failed one yet.) More value and higher quality content, both academic and practical, can be found in other certification programs. CompTIA Security+ would be a prime example. It's roughly "entry level" much like CEH.

I am in the same situation. I have decided its not worth the time, effort and money to renew it. I have enough industrial experience now that the cert doesn't matter. I still keep it in resume to get past the initial screening where they only check if someone has some certs.

My experience with it wasn't quite the same, but was similar. When I was looking at it, it was very much in that category of cert that was mostly about memorizing the study guides/books, and less about building/proving a skillset (which, as mentioned, is hardly uncommon with IT certs unfortunately).

Where it did have some "value" was that it was a well-known cert that was very useful for "proving" that your org was in compliance. A badge you could hang to auditors and costumers/clients that said you knew your stuff. Again, hardly uncommon with IT certs. :\

I don't think it's completely worthless. Depending on where you're at in your career, it can be a useful experience. But it should, I think, be treated like a (relatively) beginner-tier cert. Something you might consider at an early point in your journey, but not one I'd necessarily build your resume around. I also think that it's value may depend a lot on exactly what your role in an organization looks like. CEH for an entry-level pen tester or incident handler? Yeah, maybe. For something like an IAM developer or a privacy analyst... eh, less so.

Most certs are like that.