Guys as i posted in the
SCJP forum, I passed SCJP with 91% today. I was wondering what to do now.
A little background on myself.
My profile : Masters in Computer science (almost done with thesis almost complete). By the end of this year, I will mostly have 1/2(more likely 1) papers published in ICDB or ACM journal. I have a few academic projects as well. I have taken up design
patterns and object oriented analysis as a part of my study and made quite a few projects on that.
I completed SCJP with 91 %
I have a total of 1 year experience with 6 months in
java and 6 months in .net. Both involved
I am planning to give an oracle certification.
Now my question is, will
scjd be a good option. I agree I might invite responses like "Experience is the best teacher" and that "SCJD looks good only with experience". But i am struggling to get that first job. Mainly because i havent tried, but still. Its not like i am going to not take up a job just to complete the certification. I will keep searching for jobs. But I realized one thing. I learned a loooot as a part of the certification. Wouldnt the company take that into consideration? Wouldnt they feel that I am not just having these words on my resume, but I also have more to offer. May be not as much as what a person with an SCJD and 2 years experience will have. But definitely more than someone with no experience(like me) and with no certification at all?
Wouldnt I be considered better than people with no experience and no certification?
As a fresher just out of school and having only 2 months buffer time to find a job(thanks to new stricter visa restrictions for international students), would a SCJD tag offer better opportunities for me? Would I get preference over other candidates (again with similar credentials) for entry level positions?
As far as scwcd is concerned, i would be more interested in scjd.