passed 287 with 73% ... now ICED ...

[Ramon Gill]

Hi all, just passed 287 with 73% (pass is 62%). Have now passed all 4 exams for ICED (IBM Certified Enterprise Developer). Advice on preparation - read Howards book thoroughly.

Questions
Q1. How long does it take for IBM to send stuff (badge, cert, etc)?
Q2. How can I check that they received my fax for SCJP score?

Thanks,
Ray Gill
SCJP, SCWCD, SCBCD, SCEA (part 1), ICED, IBM-484, IBM-486, IBM-287

[Nicholas Cheung]

Congrad!!!

You did a cool job!

Q1. How long does it take for IBM to send stuff (badge, cert, etc)?

You need to wait for IBM to send you the e-certificate. After that, you can request a hardcopy for that. The whole process lasts for around 15-20 days.

Q2. How can I check that they received my fax for SCJP score?

You may send email to [e-mail] to confirm.

What's next?

Nick

[Ramon Gill]

Thanks Nick.

As for what to do next - I think I'll go for SCDJWS when its available (I missed the beta). Then I'll finish off parts 2,3 of SCEA before the end of the year. Could have a problem if this overlaps with the proposed new SCEA exam (do I retake part 1)?

For now - I'm catching up on my reading. I try to read 3, 4 tech books a week (UML Distilled, Core J2EE Patterns, etc). I'll do this for the next month before starting on SCDJWS.

Ray

[Cor Lieftink]

Congratulations!

Advice on preparation - read Howards book thoroughly.

I will!

I have the exam on july 6th

Further tech Books I study on:
1) Yusuf, K. (2004) Enterprise Messaging using JMS and IBM Websphere. IBM Press
2) Alur, D. (2003) Core J2EE Patterns. Sun Microsystems Press
3) Dyson, P. (2004)Architecting Enterprise Solutions Patterns for High-capability Internet-based Systems. Wiley (just ordered)

Any opinion on one of more of these books?

Cor
[ June 25, 2004: Message edited by: Cor Lieftink ]

[Ramon Gill]

Cor - best of luck on July 6th.

Haven't heard of the 1st and 3rd books on your list. The Dyson book interests me - anyone have any comments?

Core J2EE Patterns is a first rate book. One of my favourites.

Ray

[Axel Janssen]

congrats Ramon.
Which I were you. Going to take exam before end of june (does not fit very well, but its expiration of voucher time)
[ June 25, 2004: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]

[Nicholas Cheung]

I am waiting for SCEA part I beta as well.

Haven't heard of the 1st and 3rd books on your list.

The 1st book is newly released. It talks about how WAS (or WSAD) can be worked with WebSphereMQ for developing JMS applications.

Nick

[Vijay S. Rathore]

Congratulations.

[Serge Adzinets]

Well done, Ramon!

[Vishwa Kumba]

Congrats!