become Java certified

I passed the SCJP 6.0 exam yesterday!!!!!

I got 86%, which is less than I hoped for, but the questions on concurrency were more difficult than on the 5.0 mock exams. All in all, I am satisfied with my result and I’m starting to learn for the next exam. I want to take SCWCD on April, 10th. We’ll see if I manage it :) :) :)

I am going to take the SCJP exam in December. I am working with the SCJP For Java 5 Study Guidy by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates, which I’m told is a great preparation guide. I am also going to buy amock exam in December and play with it for around two weeks and take the exam short before Christmas.

This would leave an open slot for me next year, I could either start the J2EE exams or go for something really big and try the SCJD exam. But for now, I have plans till the end of December.

I have the objectives printed out, I have bought two books, so there’s nothing that can stop me from a hieving my goal, except for my own procrastination, of course. But I’m sure things are going to get better when I progress a bit towards this goal.