Best Approaches for J2EE Certification?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @03:45PM from the pssst!-can-I-peek-at-your-notes dept.

facetiousprogrammer writes "I have been working for several years at the same company. As part of the 2007 goal, my team is required to get the Brainbench J2EE certification. We have a good knowledge of the Java programming language itself but very little exposure to J2EE. Other teams in the company are using J2EE daily — hence the push for certification. What would be the best approach to be successful in getting the J2EE certification knowing that we won't work or get formal training on J2EE? Is it a desperate cause?"

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Those who can, do. Those who can't, get certified by theangryfool · 2007-01-10 15:50 · Score: 5, Informative

While I'm a fan of brainbench, I have to say that getting certified is of dubious value. We've been interviewing for a while and there is almost zero correlation between school, certification, and ability. If anything, there is almost a negative correlation between certification and ability. It's as if people who don't know what they are doing get a certification to offset that minor problem.