As regards the essay. You might be thinking of Sun Certified Java Developer (or Oracle now presumably).
I have done this certification as well. It is quite different from the SCJP in that SCJP is really just answering a bunch of multiple choice questions for the most part on a computer. The Developer exam involves a software specification where you have to write an actual piece of software based on it. This one does have an essay. I believe the main purpose of the essay is to prove you wrote the software and didn't just get a friend to do it. This essay is basically typing in answers to specific questions about your project into a text area provided in the same Prometric software used to take the Certified Java Programmer exam. I envisaged being sat at an exam desk writing on a bit of paper. Maybe it does work that way at some test centres but it didn't at the one I used. I was going to go for even more certification but after the Oracle acquisition I lost my drive to do so. I did wonder if I collected all 7 (I think it is 7) certifications and collected 50 rings whether it would allow me to turn into Super Java Geek and have special powers. Now with a bit more experience I can see how that might not actually work. There is a lot of debate about the value of Certification. It cost a lot of money and I honestly don't know how recognised it is. I can say for certain that the process of having to pass the exams rounded out my skills and forced me to become familiar with parts of Java which I had not needed to use in my work. It is also surprising the things you think you understand until you are asked awkward edge case questions. On Apr 18, 6:43 pm, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks everyone !!! At least I'm reading the right book. To get > certified Casper - not to learn about programming. :-) > > The original SCJP6 certification included an essay - according to the > book at least. Is this still the case for Oracle ? > > Probably not, since it's not mentioned in the overview. But I'd rather > avoid the teacher asking me for my essay. :-) > > On Apr 18, 4:21 pm, Meteor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Me too. > > My company didn't pay me the Java exam fee even if I am a Java developer. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
