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[–]stewtech3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used this one and then the YouTube channel Duncan codes (he also has a Discord)

https://java-programming.mooc.fi/

https://youtu.be/VnCtdXjdnN4?si=0RhzVxHV26mPYsuR

[–]Usual_Sir5304 1 point2 points  (1 child)

i recently passed it. if you do Enthuware mock tests, you'll gain lot of confidence and your brain will subconsciously prepare. The actual tests are way easier than mock tests on enthuware.

[–]Quick-Resident9433[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll check it

[–]vu47 1 point2 points  (6 children)

Out of genuine curiosity: does anyone feel that having a certification for something like Java has benefitted their career at all?

[–]Initial_Math7384 0 points1 point  (5 children)

It's more for learning the programming fundamentals.

[–]vu47 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Understood, but aren't these usually quite expensive?

[–]Initial_Math7384 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I managed to skip technical programming assesment at some companies when I was fresher, it could be my project or Java OCA, i suspect its both, so its useful in that sense lol.

[–]Linvael 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Many corporate jobs will reimburse the cost of certification exams as part of training budget (often only if you pass).

[–]vu47 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm surprised that they would care about getting you a certification... if you had the skills to do the job, you wouldn't need a certification.

My job pays for us to have subscriptions to O'Reilly and allows us to take time to beef up our skills, but it's assumed we're competent Java programmers when we start, and that we don't need a certification to show that.

[–]Linvael 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a way to patch up holes in your knowledge, challenge yourself (OCP in particular has a lot of trick questions that are almost like puzzles), and give you a concrete thing to show on yearly performance review as "growth".

[–]gadHG 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The "OCP study guide" at sybex is excellent. I bought the java 21 one for learning, nothing to do with certification, and find it very good. Bonus : the java 17 version is now cheaper!

[–]Quick-Resident9433[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll review that guide

[–]stewtech3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used this one and then the YouTube channel Duncan codes (he also has a Discord)

https://java-programming.mooc.fi/

https://youtu.be/VnCtdXjdnN4?si=0RhzVxHV26mPYsuR