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Java and/or C#/.Net certification ?

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    Java and/or C#/.Net certification ?

    Has anybody recently got certified in either Java or C#/.Net ? I've read the various blurb on the web but wondered what recent experience anybody had and how much hastle it is. I've got a few years out of date C++ experience and am getting tempted by the big money my former colleagues appear to be on in the City.

    #2
    .NET is too hard for C++ programmers. I would suggest Java, but 20th century technology is so, well 20th century.

    HTDH

    PS. Earning £800/day doing .NET is not all that anyway. Better to find happiness in art, love and poetry.

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      #3
      Originally posted by DimPrawn
      .NET is too hard for C++ programmers. I would suggest Java, but 20th century technology is so, well 20th century.
      Just wait until Spod sees that one...

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        #4
        Originally posted by Churchill
        Just wait until Spod sees that one...
        Device I/O Error... Spod = Churchill... Spod <> Churchill... System Shutdown...

        ALGOL is the way to go.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Lucifer Box
          Device I/O Error... Spod = Churchill... Spod <> Churchill... System Shutdown...

          ALGOL is the way to go.

          Spod != Churchill

          Churchill - in "Surely" mode!

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            #6
            I knew I should of put it on the Technical board but nobody reads it ! Both C# and Java are C++ for dummies but its the certfication bit I'm worried about.

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              #7
              Originally posted by rootsnall
              I knew I should of put it on the Technical board but nobody reads it ! Both C# and Java are C++ for dummies but its the certfication bit I'm worried about.
              I suggest you do the Sun Java certification, plus the Windows + Web forms + WebServices in C# towards the MCSD qualification. It's about 4 exams in total. But it's worth doing it. Then you have a wider background to start.

              Those certifications are rather difficult and time consuming but in my opinion worth going for. They can become a bit easier if you get lots of sample exams (that for the ones I have mentioned are not to difficult to obtain).
              I've seen much of the rest of the world. It is brutal and cruel and dark, Rome is the light.

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                #8
                feck me Franco, 'rather time consuming', where does having a life fit into the equation ?

                if it's not .Net it ain't worth doing

                .Net is the future !

                and offers the highest paying contracts

                and unlike that nonsense java doesn't give stack dumps all
                the time

                Milan.

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                  #9
                  Best paid I know at the moment is doing Java !

                  I think its one or the other if I'm doing the exams.

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                    #10
                    This highest rates I have seen so far are for Biztalk 2004 contractors who know the product inside and backwards. £1K a day is not uncommon.

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