Sorry missed your answer - unfortunately I was not offered this role in the end. My company is still looking for developers but I was told I am not experienced enough.Tim Cooke wrote:A CodeRanch colleague just reminded me of this other discussion we had a couple of months ago. Did you take the Junior Java Developer job at your company? Or are you still deliberating on it?
This is actually a very good idea, I will try this.chris webster wrote:As for skills to acquire, start looking at what real employers are demanding for real jobs e.g. look at graduate recruitment sites, company recruitment pages, and online job sites like Job Serve. Pick one or two key skills that seem to be in demand, are interesting to you, and can be acquired on your own
Hey man
I m close to your context when you started learning Java expect that i have absolutely no programming experience but good computer background - i know linux;windows (administrator level) and mysql (i work as a QA engineer) and i m looking for some advice from you :
1. Any advice you can give me from your xp considering we were in similar situations
2. I have an good idea of what books i need for the certification but before that i need some introduction in java/programming (preferably with more examples and less theory) , can you recommend some materials to sharp my teeth ? (i estimate about 2+ months time spent unrelated to OCAJP7 , just learning java fundamentals /programming) :
At the moment i have 3 books in mind for the start ,any seems like a good start and i ll probably use one or two of them but i wanted to ask people that actually did this in the part what they think
The Art and Science of Java Here
Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach Here
Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive Version, Student Value (9th Edition) Here
3. I m also interested in the time you needed from when you started to the point you passed OCAJP7 , can you give an estimation in hours /days , an estimation but in days and average hours spent each day ? I made an estimation(hope realistic) i would need about 5 months with 5 h effort every day of the week(i plan to take a sabbatical leave from work for 5 months) .My current path is undecided book/books as a introduction to java(2.5 months) ->SCJP 6 Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates book (1 month) -> Mala Gupta book (1month) with Enthuware when i start to feel confident.
Thanks in advance !
Marius