Friday Oct 24, 2008
The OpenSolaris Ignite is the new monthly newsletter by, for, and about the OpenSolaris community. OpenSolaris Ignite features news, how-to articles, tech tips and reviews. This is a great resource for students using or developing on OpenSolaris. Check it out.
Thursday Oct 23, 2008
Let's face it. The job market for new college grads is getting tougher by the day. My advice - graduate with a degree from your university and a certification from Sun.
Through the Sun Academic Initiative (SAI), Sun provides students with valuable resources to pursue this career enhancing strategy and get a competitive edge as you enter the workforce. Sun certification is recognized industry-wide and demonstrates competency in high-demand technologies, such as the Java programming language and the Solaris Operating System. In other words, certification is tangible proof to employers of skills and knowledge needed for certain jobs.
Of course, there is this other important benefit - higher pay. According to a Certification Magazine Salary Survey, Sun Certification increases earning power:
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Sun Certified Programmers earn on average 8.3% more than the average programmer
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Sun Certified Developers earn on average 14.3% more than the average developer
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Sun Certified System Administrators earn on average 31% more than system administrators certified on other operating systems
Professional certifications are available to SAI participants in these key areas:
Sun certification exams are heavily discounted for students participating in the SAI program. For example, exams that normally cost $160 for professionals are
$60 in the U.S. and $40 in Latin America and Asia.
The SAI provides access to free web-based courses to learn Sun technologies at your own pace at times that are convenient for you. SAI students also have access to ePractice
Certification Exams. These no-cost web based practice exams include sample test questions, the correct answers with
explanations, and provides the test taker with suggestions for future study.
Click here to register for the SAI. We will email you the information you need to create your personal user account on the SAI Learning Connection, Sun's learning portal for students.
For more information or to join the SAI - visit the SAI Website.
Tuesday Oct 21, 2008
NetBeans is 10 years young and is celebrating with a Decathlon that is of special interest to student developers. The Decathlon consists of ten interactive tasks for the NetBeans community to show and share what the NetBeans Project means to them. These are simple and fun tasks such as writing a Birthday Blog, posting a video or doing a NetBeans Demo. The first 300 participants to complete events that add up to 50 points will receive a limited edition NetBeans 10th Anniversary Shirt. So get started today!
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