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> Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) I've worked with many people who had this. Some of them were decent. Many were terrible. Companies who employ softwar
by planetjones 14y ago
> Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
I've worked with many people who had this. Some of them were decent. Many were terrible. Companies who employ software "engineers" based on this little gem of a certificate alone... beware!
Also it should be Oracle (not Sun) - which probably gives some understanding into the technical insight behind this article. If the Survey was conducted in late 2012 and people were still saying Sun... then I'm a little bit worried about the respondents too!
- thirsteh 14y agoPeople regularly talk about education alone not being a good gauge of a candidate's actual skill and viability. If we accept that degrees aren't everything, then certifications are all but meaningless--the primary thing they reflect is that, most likely, a previous employer paid for it, and thus thought you were worth investing in.
- crimzonphox 14y agoMy company wants all devs to get that certification. It's worthless. Most of it is just memorizing some java quarks