Has anybody recently got certified in either Java or C#/.Net ? I've read the various blurb on the web but wondered what recent experience anybody had and how much hastle it is. I've got a few years out of date C++ experience and am getting tempted by the big money my former colleagues appear to be on in the City.
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Java and/or C#/.Net certification ?
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.NET is too hard for C++ programmers. I would suggest Java, but 20th century technology is so, well 20th century.
HTDH
PS. Earning £800/day doing .NET is not all that anyway. Better to find happiness in art, love and poetry. -
Just wait until Spod sees that one...Originally posted by DimPrawn.NET is too hard for C++ programmers. I would suggest Java, but 20th century technology is so, well 20th century.Comment
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Device I/O Error... Spod = Churchill... Spod <> Churchill... System Shutdown...Originally posted by ChurchillJust wait until Spod sees that one...
ALGOL is the way to go.Comment
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Originally posted by Lucifer BoxDevice I/O Error... Spod = Churchill... Spod <> Churchill... System Shutdown...
ALGOL is the way to go.
Spod != Churchill
Churchill - in "Surely" mode!Comment
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I knew I should of put it on the Technical board but nobody reads it ! Both C# and Java are C++ for dummies but its the certfication bit I'm worried about.Comment
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I suggest you do the Sun Java certification, plus the Windows + Web forms + WebServices in C# towards the MCSD qualification. It's about 4 exams in total. But it's worth doing it. Then you have a wider background to start.Originally posted by rootsnallI knew I should of put it on the Technical board but nobody reads it ! Both C# and Java are C++ for dummies but its the certfication bit I'm worried about.
Those certifications are rather difficult and time consuming but in my opinion worth going for. They can become a bit easier if you get lots of sample exams (that for the ones I have mentioned are not to difficult to obtain).I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.Comment
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feck me Franco, 'rather time consuming', where does having a life fit into the equation ?
if it's not .Net it ain't worth doing
.Net is the future !
and offers the highest paying contracts
and unlike that nonsense java doesn't give stack dumps all
the time
Milan.Comment
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Best paid I know at the moment is doing Java !
I think its one or the other if I'm doing the exams.Comment
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This highest rates I have seen so far are for Biztalk 2004 contractors who know the product inside and backwards. £1K a day is not uncommon.Comment
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