I took the exam this morning.
I was really nervous before the
test.
I was in Europe on Monday and flew in for the exam. The jetlag really had me scared. Yesterday my brain was not working at all. I looked at code samples and it all seemed like some strange unknown language. Fortunately my brain began to work again this morning.
The exam process was nerve-wracking. The staff member was 15 minutes late for work, so I was forced to wait nearly 45 minutes before I could start my test. It seemed like a week went by in those 45 minutes.
The marker pen that I received to work out problems was out of ink. When I signaled for assistance (you are not supposed to leave the exam room), no one came to help me. I lost about 10 minutes due to the lack of attentiveness of the Prometric staff.
But the exam itself seemed pretty easy, especially compared to some of the harder mocks out there. I had lots of time at the end. This was good. I could go back and review all of my initial answers. I think I corrected 2 or 3 mistakes in this phase.
Many thanks to Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra (Sun Certified Programmer & Developer for
Java 2 Study Guide ... the "must-have" book ), Marcus Green (Mock Exam), Dan Chisholm (massive battery of mock exams in every category ... this was great), Ashish Hareet (Voodoo exams).
Are there any stats on what these scores mean? Percentile rankings?
I imagine that 95% is not too shabby, especially for a C++ guy. Maybe I should teach Java as a career? Any thoughts or feedbacks from anyone?
I was a senior software developer for 15 years, but took 5 years off to study linguistics in a foreign country. In a few months, I will start looking for a real job. That's why I took this exam.
I hope this will help me a lot with landing job interviews. Any thoughts? Should I list my score on my resume? Or it is taboo to list scores? I have seen different opinions.
Nice to be finished. Nice to be able to relax again.
