Hello world!!!
Not my first
Java program...but my first message to this forum.
Well..I cleared my
SCJP exam yesterday after one long month of
prepartion. Yes!!! a month ago I knew nothing (almost) about Java and today I am a proud SCJP. So, to the other people
who are wondering whether they can pass the exam even after preparing for 2-3 months, the answer is YES. Just make up your
mind and take the plunge!!!
How did I prepare??? I followed just one book - RHE and this
fabulous site to get to know the experiences/tips of others
and mock exams. Marcus mock exams are really good especially
with the multiple choice fundamentals questions (exam 3).
I did a few other mock exams - jquest,deeptest (deepak keswani),
Brogden etc - all found in Maha's link (Thank you Maha!!!).
Of course the Rules Roundup game...
As per the question mix, there were lot of questions on fundamentals. GC - 2,Threads 4-5,Events - 3-4,Layout-2 (one
was Gridbag),file io - 1. Surprisingly there were a quite a few
single answer questions (radio button) and about 5 key in questions. I think there were about 3-4 questions where the language was a bit ambiguous. Only about 8-10 were with code
examples.
I hear you guys asking about the score.. All I can say is that
I could have made a few more mistakes and still passed the exam.
I think I could have done better if I had taken a little more time. You might ask why did I rush??? Well, I am moving to US
from Sydney in 2 weeks time. I really did want to get this certification for a smoother job hunting. I forgot to tell about
my background. I am a programmer with about 12 years of experience of which a good 8 years I spent in dbase/Foxbase.
I have done progamming in Access/VB and since last 2 years in Oracle. I am basically a commerce graduate.
So, my long association with IT industry probably help me to achieve this in a such a short time. But I still had to put in
lots of effort - atleast 6 hours a day.
Now, I need some advice from experienced real world Java programmers as to what should be my next steps - appelts,
servlets,JSP..etc - to help me get atleast an entry level job in Java programming.
To those who are preparing hard to pass this exam, go ahead
and DO IT!!!
Now it is time for me take a break and enjoy the OLYMPICS!!!
Bye.
Raj.