Rhys Bridges

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I agree. Something like SCJD but an end to end (Client Tier to Persistence Tier) project would be ideal. The thing is, the SCEA exam already goes a long way towards that in terms of taking requirements through to an architectural design.
It would be nice if Sun introduced a certification that gives a candidate the architectural design for a 3 or 4 tier applciation and then required the candidate to build and deploy it, leaving it up the candidate to sort out things like the gory details of state management, DB connection pooling, etc.
SCJD is a non-trivial exercise. I think it's tough to get a good score because you have to think about details like object locking, threading, patterns, etc while also learning enough about Swing (if you don't have much experience with it) to produce a good-looking and function GUI.
SCEA requires a lot more than API knowledge because you're expected to know how the various tiers of an application should fit together and the pros and cons of various approaches. You're expected to show wisdom as well as knowledge.
If Sun introduced an exam like Sun Certified Enterprise Developer (SCED) that gave the candidate the basic plot vis-a-vis design plus some already completed code to extend or modify then I'm sure this would be useful and credible with employers.
They could continue with the Fly-by-Nite theme, but I'd suggest that for maximum impact (especially with recruiters) the application should be something related to recruitment. Something like a simple recruitment website, for example. Or a personal interactive site for management of training and certification. Something that can be demonstrated to an employer remotely at interview with a web-browser and something that that is easy for an employer to interview about if they wish to do so.
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