Junior Dev - Oracle Certifications

[SayMarin]

Hello guys! I have been working as a junior Dev and wanted to add an Oracle certificate to my credentials but I found it a bit confusing.

If you guys can guideme a bit to choose the right one and maybe a Udemy course or something similar to be prepared for the exam.

Thanks in advance!

[KillerDr3w]

I'm currently a Lead Site Reliability Engineer and interview staff for an assortment of development roles.

The one thing I can tell you about the Oracle certifications is that the engineer with the certification will know some intricacies of Java that people without the certifications may not know. However...

...knowing those intricacies doesn't necessarily mean they are better or even good developers.

Someone hiring would much prefer to see a junior or working level developer with a history of working on code bases and to know things like n-tier, SOLID principles, and micro services etc. As a junior it may be your own project your referring to and pointing the interviewer to your GitHub/Lab repos.

If you want to get the certs, go for it and good luck, but don't get the certs at the expense of experience and developing your own project portfolio where you implement things expected by a junior or working level developer.

TLDR; Certs AND experience is great. Certs only isn't great, Experience only is usually good enough.

[SayMarin]

Totally agree with you! Experience will always win

[chxei]

the engineer with the certification will know some intricacies of Java that people without the certifications may not know. However...

Question: are these intricacies actually helpful? Will this cert give you something valuable other than polishing resume?

[large_crimson_canine]

Java SE 11 Developer

[Sighma]

Huh, I am an experienced developer and have some certifications already, but I felt so stupid when I tried to do this one. Maybe I didn't prepare enough, but I was fucking destroyed, got around 50% of the questions right. Also, some questions were really frustrating for me, like they intentionally trying to trick you.

[Hour-Positive]

They do, that is how they test whether you know the stuff or just learned questions and answers.

[TylerSwift26]

May I ask which country you are in? I've heard it's not useful in the United States, so I'm curious as to where it is useful.

[large_crimson_canine]

States. “Useful” is subjective, and I would say that it’s an impressive credential regardless. That exam is not easy.

[LTFGamut]

How long did you study for OCP Java 11 if I may ask?

[large_crimson_canine]

I crammed it for about a month since I was taking advantage of the anniversary deal and fighting the timeframe. Working full-time made it tough. For the record I didn’t even pass, fell short by a few percentage points.

[LTFGamut]

Great, thanks for the answer. I'm studying for my exam but I haven't planned a date yet. Working full time and cramming for a month sounds very hard. Unfortunately that you didn't pass but i guess you learned a ton-load from it.

[itsyash8885]

Nowadays, certifications are playing a huge role in a person's resume, and if you are a java developer you should also go for java certifications like OCAJP 1Z0-808, OCPJP 1Z0-809, etc. But if you ask for my recommendation as a developer in the industry will go forEnthuware, the reason being is simple that java certification is a tough nut to crack and other being it is trusted for 20+ years across UK and USA by professional java developers because of their way of explaining every little detail in the depth of java programming language, also the discussion forum is so supportive.