Formal programming exams?

longhalloween · 20-03-2012 02:52PM #1

I'm in the process of learning a couple of programming languages as a bit of a hobby and also to make myself more employable.

Is there any kind of formal C, C++, Java etc. exams that I can say that I've passed when I'm writing my CV?

It's all very well to say I've experience, but it'd be nice to have a qualification to back it up.

yoyo · 20-03-2012 03:37PM

Moved to Development. May get more responses here

GetWithIt · 20-03-2012 03:40PM

longhalloween wrote: »

Is there any kind of formal C, C++, Java etc. exams that I can say that I've passed when I'm writing my CV?

Will you have passed them or will you just be saying you've passed them?

maceocc2 · 20-03-2012 03:46PM

Not sure about C or C++, however Java have a certification exam which you can take. See here for the programmer exam info:

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=458&get_params=p_track_id:JSE7Prog

longhalloween · 20-03-2012 05:52PM

GetWithIt wrote: »

Will you have passed them or will you just be saying you've passed them?

Ha, I will (hopefully) have passed them. It's just for interviews so if the interviewer asks 'what experience do you have in xxxx?' I can say 'well, I have such and such a qualification and so and so experience'.

I'm learning C as part of an engineering course, but I'm trying my hand at java and C++ too.

Cork24 · 20-03-2012 09:20PM

[FONT=verdana, geneva, helvetica]Java SCJP[/FONT]

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=457&get_params=pillar_id:6

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