The Sun shines out of certified Java programmers

Thu, Mar 5th, 2009

The recession gathers apace, jobs are falling like nine pins, we're all doomed. Or maybe we dig in, work hard, brush up on old skills, read up on new stuff, do a bit of studying, sit an exam or two. Here's a couple of papers about IT exams from the Reg library for your perusal.

The Sun certification and team performance: The impact on Application Developers

Vendor qualifications are the last refuge of an incompetent scoundrel, a programmer's ability is in inverse proportion to the number of qualifications on his wall - you've heard the spiel. This paper from IDC, and funded by Sun, seeks to persuade you otherwise. IDC travelled the globe to interview three hundred or so App development teams and assess the effect of vendor certification on their work

IDC measured their performance against 10 process metrics. Average performance was "relatively mediocre". Who let those analysts in the building?

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