But I'm guessing none of you guys live in/around Richard's Bay/Empangeni? I want to push for Java as our platform language -- not that we are a real development shop...we need more stuff in MIS and what I call "dogfood" programing work, writing reports on the web, migrating data from one system to another, etc, etc.
We had two in-house developers, one got seconded elsewhere (he didn't do much java, tho), and one got moved into management. We probably can't hire anybody for the next year (until the guy who has been seconded either comes back or doesn't), but could use contract-type help. Nothing exciting, however... I'm sure people have seen my ramblings about reskilling our development staff & I was looking in the direction of SCJWCD. I do admit that I would be predjudiced in favour of candidates with degrees. Myself, I am probably a medium-to-poor Java programmer in a lot of ways, but have a background in Math which I find helps for a lot of the analysis. On Dec 6, 2007 2:25 PM, William Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I would like to know what's the value of Sun Certifications period. I am > certified as a Java Programmer, Web Component Developer and Business > Component Developer. I scored above 80% on all the exams. I got certified in > 2004 and 2005. > > However, it's very difficult for me find a Java position. I'm currently > working as a Systems-\Business Analyst\Programmer\Network Admin, but I want > to focus purely on Java Development. > > It's seems companies refuse to offer you a position unless you have a > degree. I have just registered for a BCom (Informatics) course at Unisa, > hope it will help.... > > My question ultimately is, how worthy is a Sun Java Certification? > > On Dec 6, 2007 1:49 PM, Carl Woermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I would rather spend money on the web component developer cert if any > > - I stand to be corrected, but there have been huge improvements to > > the way web services are deployed and developed - I suspect that the > > exam concentrates on rather low level implementation issues that were > > useful if you had to "roll your own" (esp 3 years ago) or were forced > > to use the standard J2ee toolkit implementations - for an example look > > at the way EJB3 web services are implemented -simple annotation does > > 80% of the trick - muuuuch easier than using JAXP JAXB etc - since all > > that plumbing is now hidden from us mere mortals.. > > > > On Dec 6, 2007 1:26 PM, Fritz Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Does anyone here know anything about the Sun Certified Developer for > > > Java Web Services? Specifically its value compared to the other Sun > > > certs, and whether it is worth spending the money. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Fritz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Soren Aalto Director: ICT University of Zululand --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CTJUG Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CTJUG-Forum For the ctjug home page see http://www.ctjug.org.za -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
