Hey people!
I passed the exam this morning with a score of 84% on the first attempt. Man, what a journey.
I scheduled the exam early in the morning to guarantee some peace and calm, my bulding has some problems with the occasional drilling/hammering during normal hours, so better safe than sorry, right? I got really, really anxious the night before and because of that I didn't catch any shuteye at all. That kinda sucked, because it meant my mind wasn't fresh during the exam, so I definitely slipped on some parts. All I had was a ritalin tablet and a dream .
I gotta say, the exam experience was mostly what I read online. I wasn't asked for 2 forms of identification, just primary id (Thank god, because I simply do not have anything else with a photo except for id). Also there wasn't an environment tour like I read on some other threads. I just wish there was a way to cross out wrong questions and maybe a way to increase the whiteboard size (Or maybe I just couldn't find it because I was nervous?).
Anyway, what I used to prepare was pretty much the standard stuff:
OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 17 Developer Study Guide, by Scott and Jeanne.Enthuware Mock Exams (There's just so much valuable stuff to be learnt from the explanations when you get a question wrong, and when you get them right too! I just happened to get some questions correct by pure coincidence.)
I went through all the mock exams I could get my hands on, and made notes on all questions I got wrong, and why I got them wrong in the first place and wrote some code to validate it.
I got into this ride thinking it'd take like a month of study using the guide, like some testimonies I've read, but it just wasn't feasible for me. Took me 4 months of studying and procrastinating, but it was a fun journey. I'm setting my eyes on getting a Spring Certification now, but first, some sleep... I'm wrecked!
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