Related link:  A few years ago, back in the good ol’ days of
Java, Sun really promoted their certification programs. At the
time, this was a hot issue so I took the first two exams.  Two
issues discouraged me from continuing with additional Java
certifications. First, Sun would not let me put any statement
like “Certified Java Developer” on my business card without a
verbose legal disclaimer that probably would not fit on the
business card. This really is not a big problem, it is just
annoying.  The second annoyance was the way my programming
assignment was graded (or not). Before I took my test, a co-
worker with a LOT of experience took his test. He received a
very poor score, barely passing. He speculated that maybe they
gave him a “rubber stamp” approval rather than really studying
his solution. I then took the Developer certification exam and
received the exact same lousy score. What are the odds of that?
I did not receive any feedback as to what I did wrong. Why were
our scores so low? I know damn well t