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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: can you give me some hints on the Oracle Java SE related certificates?
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:56:26 -0400
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On 09/18/2015 02:11 PM, e.d.programmer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, September 18, 2015 at 1:52:38 PM UTC-4, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> How will Oracle Java SE certificates make your students more valuable.
>> How much more valuable? More valuable to whom? Who says?
>>
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> Assuming they're not going to be self employed, the value is to a potential employer, which is hard to quantify because potential employers are not required to send rejection letters.  If you have a certification you're going to be far below someone with a US 4 year college degree in the programming field, unless you have a comparable degree, then that certification tagline could bump you ahead of them.
> Just read the description of the certification and be sure it applies to the job you want or it may just be a waste of money.
>

I'm concerned that the topic of Java Certification didn't come
up during an interview for the position of "Java instructor of
computer science in a local college in a developing country in Asia"

As a student trying to decide whether to enroll in a course led
by the OP I would have been grateful for a pointer to this thread.