Comments on: Become an Oracle APEX Certified Expert for only $50!!!

By: Gerhard

Gerhard — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:31:50 +0000

Apex is something new in the developer area of Oracle.
I think, that’s a wonderful tool.
But mostly unknown.

Some say, that Apex is the successor of Forms and Reports.

I am OCP DBA and Developer.
I worked for years with Forms and Reports and now with Apex.

Handling Apex is in many ways different to the Developer (Forms and Reports).

I don’t know, if it makes sense to do this certification at the moment?

Perhaps we have to wait one or two years.

By: Manohar

Manohar — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:05:48 +0000

Off late the certifications have purely becomes a means of earning more revenues to corporations such as Oracle. Stories (my personal experience as well) are plenty where such certified pepole fail to answer some basic practical questions in the interviews. Time has come to question the very point of such certification programs.

By: Peter Raganitsch

Peter Raganitsch — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:26:23 +0000

Well, yes.

Still, i could have bought a nice dinner instead and would be more happy

By: Patrick Wolf

Patrick Wolf — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:14:17 +0000

Peter, did you pass the exam?

By: Peter Raganitsch

Peter Raganitsch — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:34:52 +0000

I took the test in March in Vienna, although i don’t think certifications prove anything. I was just too curious, thinking they made a pretty good product with APEX, maybe the test is similar good.

Well, that didn’t turn out to be the case.

Anyways, almost forgot about it until today the scores came in.

I still think nobody really needs to get this certificate, its absolutely meaningless and i wouldn’t hire anyone just because he is certificated.

By: bb

bb — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:52:21 +0000

Bertrand,

The final version will cost four times as much as the beta.
Save your money and sit the beta if you’re going to do the exam anyway.

By: jda

jda — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:06:43 +0000

I’m set to take the exam on 5/12. Do I think I need Oracle to tell me whether I am good at Apex? Nah! Do I think it helps? That depends on who you’re asking for employment.

By: Przemek

Przemek — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:12:02 +0000

I’ve just taken this exam in Warsaw, so if you want to take it and you live outside US, I’m pretty sure it’s available in your area.

By: BCaradec

BCaradec — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:30:36 +0000

The problem with a beta version is that you will have to wait several months to get an official result from Oracle. So I recommend to wait for the final version of the APEX exam so that you get your result immediately. Patrick, do you know when the final version will be available ?
Regards, Grüße, salutations
Bertrand

By: Carsten

Carsten — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:24:02 +0000

Mir stellt sich die Frage, wie der Test technisch umgesetzt ist. Ich habe nur Erfahrung im Bereich MS und Novel Zertifizierung und da waren es immer Multiple-Choice-Tests.

Hat jemand eine Idee, wie es bei diesem Oracle-Test läuft? Schwer vorstellbar, so ein MC-Test, wenn ich z.B. zeigen soll, wie ein Theme geändert, oder eine LOV angelegt wird.