Regards,
Anayonkar Shivalkar (SCJP, SCWCD, OCMJD, OCEEJBD)
Anayonkar Shivalkar wrote:I'm not sure why this post is in MD anyways...
Easy and hard are relative terms
I'm a problem loving person (and I'm not huge fan of theoretical exams).
Valerij Starkov wrote: Another question, is it a thing to have all the *Developer certifications? Web Component, Web Services and JPA I think?
Regards,
Anayonkar Shivalkar (SCJP, SCWCD, OCMJD, OCEEJBD)
That is what I meant yes, if all of those are necessary.Anayonkar Shivalkar wrote:
Valerij Starkov wrote: Another question, is it a thing to have all the *Developer certifications? Web Component, Web Services and JPA I think?
Didn't understand the question.
Do you mean to ask if all those certifications are necessary? Well, it depends upon if those are gonna be helpful for you. It might be the case that majority of your work is in EJB and JPA (and you might not need Web Services certification).
Regards,
Anayonkar Shivalkar (SCJP, SCWCD, OCMJD, OCEEJBD)
Wow thanks for that thoughtful answer and advice.Anayonkar Shivalkar wrote:Hi,
Maybe you can open more specific discussion on Job Discussion forum.
IMHO, certification will definitely improve hit-rate of your resume, but unless you've really worked on those technologies (and really aware of commonly faced issues in real life production), it won't be easy to clear the technical interview.
Good interviewers can quickly identify a person who has done real hands-on on some technology (and person who has just read stuff and cleared certification) - this is the reason you should write lot of test codes during certification preparation (so that you'll face issues which might not be helpful in certification, but will help you during interview). Also note that since you've already got 5 years of experience, you'll get questions with intermediate to advanced levels (not beginner level).
Also another (and rather most important) aspect is how you write your resume (and how you are targeting the companies). Emphasize on technologies which you have expertise on, and also make sure that you really know the stuff you write in resume (e.g. you should not write about perl script if your experience is only about some 'Hello World' script )
I hope this helps.
Anayonkar Shivalkar wrote:
WCD: Easy (its boring, but I don't remember having really 'tricky' questions on the exam. Most of the questions were sort of game-show-quiz questions - either you remember the answer, or you don't). Of course, I'm talking about old version of exam (SCWCD for J2EE 5) - things might be different in JEE 6.
EJBD: Intermediate. I had few interesting questions (especially I liked interceptor, transaction handling, timers etc.) - I mean the questions where you actually have to think (maybe do some paperwork) - as in solving a puzzle.
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