the corner office

I felt a bit bad about postponing a number of my Honours exams last year, and this makes up for it a bit. I wrote (and passed) the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam today.

All credit to Head First Servlets & JSP, which I'd enthusiastically recommend to anyone writing the exam. I got 84% which was more than I expected (or deserved), but I definitely could have done better with less cramming and more diligence. You really have to know lots of API nitty-gritties for the exam, and it's a rare bird who's really going to try to memorise all the various J2EE specs and APIs. In addition to the HF format which does a good job of getting concepts into your noggin, the fact that the authors were involved in setting the SCWCD exam helps when it comes to knowing what to focus on. Also, with a number of questions I could see why certain niggles were emphasised in the book.

Also, if you're out on the West Rand and looking for a quiet Prometric venue, give these folks a shout. I had an expiring voucher so this was a bit of a last-minute thing, and I was able to book last Thursday, and write today. Even better, I was the only one in the exam room - nice, quiet, easy.