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Java Contracting Requirements
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21-03-2008 9:18pm#1Hi folks,
Thinking of starting out doing some Java contracting but I'm getting quite mixed signals as to the standard required.
I know it's difficult to quantify but does anyone have any advice on the level your Java would need to be for entry-level contracting?
I've got about 2 years solid experience in a large consulting company doing lots of J2EE. I also passed the SCJP exam recently. I reckon I could handle most things thrown at me but I'd hate to rock up to some company paying me good money only to find myself completely out of my depth.
Has anyone had an similar experiences?
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Is this two years Java experience or two years programming experience? Like, did you work as a C++ programmer for a few years?
If it's just two years experience, that seems fairly low. (You could still be grand though, depends how hard working and how much of a bull****ter you are
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dublindude, it's about 2 years of Java full stop. I have a year or so somewhere else doing unix and shell scripting but it's probably not that relevant. I reckoned I'd be scraping in as it is but I like to think I can pick stuff up quickly.
cronos, the SCJP took me a couple of months studying the odd evening after work. Was surprised at the amount of detail in there but found it all good to know... except anonymous classes and covariant returns, could never really see the use in them
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I guess if you've developed the headspace for dealing with complex programs, then the actual language doesn't matter so much, Delphi or otherwise.
I'll prob get a better idea from interviews and like you said, the worst that can happen is it just doesn't work out. Thanks for the replies. 0 -
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dublindude wrote: »I know a guy who had about 5 years Delphi experience, and then went into .NET contracting. He hasn't been fired yet
If you reckon you're up to it, give it a shot. Worst case scenario it doesn't work out.
As far as I am aware Delphi is alot like VB and thus like VB.NET0 -
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Do you have any experience with Spring/Hibernate technologies? If you do, you should be able to command a higher price.
Hi Ioxy, sorry for slow reply, was away.
Yes I do have some experience with Spring and Hibernate. Seems to be in pretty good demand at the moment so hopefully that'll be enough to get me started.
Incidentally, I was at a Spring seminar recently with Rod Johnson speaking. He mentioned a site called www.indeed.com that can be used to show trends in the job market. Here's a link that shows an encouraging trend for Springhttp://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=java+spring&l= 0
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