Sun Certification

[sunnysan]

Anybody here done Sun Certifications?

Been working in Java for 18 months now and looking to stay doing that and was wondering if having the certifications carries any weight?

Or is it like having an MCSE?

[milanbenes]

do any companies run sun hardware these days, sun seem to be really low profile these days, shame really, all projects seem to be on hp or ibm hardware, sun's missed opportunities, they seem to have become a niche supplier to eccentric IT managers running small operations, just my few pence worth

Milan.

[sunnysan]

Thanks

Thanks Milan

I am more interested in obtaining the qualifications for Java Application Development.

In London there appears to be a large, well paid and steady demand for Java skills and was wondering if having these certs would increase career prospects

[milanbenes]

ahh
forget that java nonsense

you need to get into .NOT and the only certificate you
need is the MSDN certification

hth

Milan.

[Francko]

Thanks Milan

I am more interested in obtaining the qualifications for Java Application Development.

In London there appears to be a large, well paid and steady demand for Java skills and was wondering if having these certs would increase career prospects

Given the complete disregard for titles in the UK I doubt it will be of any value. However, the java cert is one of the good ones outside, if not for them, do it for you. I did it after 3 years I had been working as a java developers and it made me realise how much I overlooked in the whole 3 years.

What matters for career prospects in the eyes of UK employers: the last 6 months of work experience and if you have a high degree of personality disorder.

[Cowboy Bob]

Or is it like having an MCSE?

Yep. I'm a senior level Java architect/developer and so far in my career I've met exactly 2 people who owned up to being Sun certified. Both were sh!te.

[Francko]

Yep. I'm a senior level Java architect/developer and so far in my career I've met exactly 2 people who owned up to being Sun certified. Both were sh!te.

I have met about 10 people who were certified and they were all excellent. I have also met a drunken austrian tourist in London, therefore all austrian are drunken tourists.

[milanbenes]

seems in general the people who get certified are the ones who don't have the solid experience and they hope that certs will cover the inadequacies of their lack of solid experience

Milan.

[Francko]

seems in general the people who didn't get certified are the ones who don't have the solid experience and they hope that by saying certs are useless to cover the inadequacies of their lack of solid experience

[Cowboy Bob]

seems in general the people who didn't get certified are the ones who don't have the solid experience and they hope that by saying certs are useless to cover the inadequacies of their lack of solid experience

Spot the certified person desperately trying to justify the cash he placed down to get it