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Should I take the exam for java 8 or 11?

 
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Now that the exam for Java 11 is available, should I take that one, or just take the certification for Java 8?
I bought the mock exams for Java 8 and I'm scoring about 80ish

Thanks in advance.
 
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Welcome to the Ranch

Has anybody told you to sit a particular exam (J8 or J11)? Have you passed any cert exams already? How much work experience have you got? Do you think you need a particular exam to find your next job?
 
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I want to echo CR, Welcome to the Ranch!

Jeffrey Cuadros wrote:
I bought the mock exams for Java 8 and I'm scoring about 80ish.


Because you've already run the race,  I'd say go ahead and cross the finish line.  It sounds like you are already meeting the threshold.  If you are confident, then run, don't walk, to take the OCA 8 exam while the material is still fresh in your mind.  Afterwards keeping in mind what CR says and/or if you like to keep your certs "fresh", you can then pursue 11 Part 2, or "just" stick with 8 OCPJP.  Although afterwards, personally I would go with the former since it's "closer" to Java 13.
 
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Charles O'Leary wrote:. . . you can then pursue 11 Part 2, or "just" stick with 8 OCPJP.  . . . .

Maybe you will do so well in your job search that you will decide the Java11 cert is surplus to requirements. Once you have a few years' development experience, will anybody ask you which cert you have at all?
 
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