contents in scjp certificate package

Hi, I got the certificate in mail today, there was a certificate and a credit card sort of thing.. I was told by someone that there should also be a badge with it.. is that true?

in the pack i had
1. certificate
2. 2 letters
3. credit card sort of thing with my name

what did you get in mail?

Yes you got everything that comes in the mail. The badge that you are talking about is not given nowadays by sun...

thanks

i just now happend to see this
http://in.sun.com/training/certification/faq/index.html

that explains why its not there..

thanks guys

The badge was highly overrated.

I looked at that link. What specifically explained the demise of the badge?

-Cameron McKenzie

Ther was a discussion here, on Java Ranch about it.
Sun say that the paper certificate can be damaged by the badge

But on the other hand that badge is useless. Will you attach it during the interview? It would be funny

I too thought the badge was a little peculiar. I mean, really, where would you wear it.

I had this vision of all certified Java professionals wearing it once a year at Java One, sorta like war heroes wearing their medals on remembrance day, and then putting them away until the next conference.

-Cameron McKenzie

Cameron Wallace McKenzie wrote:The badge was highly overrated.

I looked at that link. What specifically explained the demise of the badge?

-Cameron McKenzie

I agree it was overrated, but I was annoyed when I felt that something which should come to me didn't come

and for the "demise" of badge, in that link scroll to "certificate enquires" and you'll find this :

What will the successful candidate receive in their certification kit?
All certification kits include the following*:
A Sun certified certificate with the candidate's name and certification title.
An ID card with the candidate's name and certification title.

* Due to damage that lapel pins were causing to certificates in shipping, Sun has discontinued Certification lapel pins as part of the certification kit .

Cameron Wallace McKenzie wrote:
I had this vision of all certified Java professionals wearing it once a year at Java One, sorta like war heroes wearing their medals on remembrance day, and then putting them away until the next conference.
-Cameron McKenzie

So what about those people with:
SCJP, SCWCD, SCBCD, SCJD, SCEA?

Should they attach them all?
They would look like the generals

Lukas Smith wrote:

Cameron Wallace McKenzie wrote:
I had this vision of all certified Java professionals wearing it once a year at Java One, sorta like war heroes wearing their medals on remembrance day, and then putting them away until the next conference.
-Cameron McKenzie

So what about those people with:
SCJP, SCWCD, SCBCD, SCJD, SCEA?

Should they attach them all?
They would look like the generals

geek generals

that piece of cloth on which they wear so many things wouldn't be reusable

but man, wouldn't it be a "funky dress day" ?

This is bad news.I am going to take my exam in three months and was hoping to show off the lapel to my friends.

You learn for yourself - not for your friends