I Be... S-C-J-P

So I just made it home from the SCJP exam and I passed!!

I am not quite sure what it means for me yet as the certification is not really required for most jobs here in the US. I just hope I will be able to skip out on some of those stupid Java programming tests you have to take on job interviews. More than anything I was excited to know that my ability to cram knowledge in my brain in a short amount of time is still active from my days in college. I literally studied for the exam over the past week and was unsure if I was really prepared going into the test.

Oh well, this is done and I just have to wait for my score to be reported to Sun so I can access the certification manager site. I'll let you know if there is anything special going on there.

Java Certification

Around this time last year I got the crazy notion that I would drop $200 to get a voucher to take the Java Certified Programmer exam and get become a Sun Certified Java Programmer and eventually get the Developer certification so I could have some padding on my resume. Well a year has passed and I still have not used my voucher and it expires the end of this month. So I finally have scheduled my exam and will be cramming in Java semantics into my head until then. I have no idea why I thought this would be a good idea as the Programmers certification is nothing more than a test and does not involve the test-taker to actually write any code.

So we will see if I pass or not even though I have been programming in Java since 2002. I think I should be okay though and once I pass I will be able to use the SCJP gif in my email and on here, haha.