ATTENTION: AJUG MEMBERS Does this sound like you? You have a genuine interest in advancing your Java skills. You may or may not be using Java in your present job. You have some experience in another language. To date, you haven’t made as much progress as you would like. You talk about your intentions but your progress is sporadic and something else always seems to get in the way. You need to make the time you do have count. Your busy. Your schedule is already full with family matters and that boss that expects you to do your job. Your not as confident about your skills as you would like to be. You have worked or played with some part of the Java API but you don’t feel that you are “ready” to get involved in a study group. You keep thinking that you need to warm up first but a month goes by and you are still not ready. If you thought about it, you know your lack of confidence stems from the fact that you don’t know what you know and what you don’t know when it comes to Java. It is easy to get frustrated studying alone trying to grasp new information out of a textbook. You can get 90% of it but you sure wish you had someone to explain stuff you don’t understand. Hello. My name is Lee Chalupa, I am the administrator of the AJUG Java Certification Group. Here are 7 ways the Java Certification Study Group can provide value to you as a member of AJUG: 1. Self Confidence. You can read the internet about the pros and cons of the certification exam itself. The outcome of this study group is more than a final exam. The exam isn’t “final”. You need an on-going process. A process that builds not only your java skills but also your self awareness of those skills and with that comes your self confidence. 2. A Clear Target. We can help you assess your Java skills by identifying the learning/ behavioral objectives that you need in your tool box as a Java Programmer, help you assess your performance of those objectives, and help you close the knowledge gaps. 3. New Friends. You can network with people that share your enthusiasm in Java to help you fill in the gaps in your knowledge without the pain. We provide a support group for you where it is ok to talk about what you don’t know as much as what you do know. Where you start in not as important as where you finish. 4. Productive Time. You can become productive quickly through reuse of the organization that the study group already has in place. No need to reinvent training materials, practice tests, exercises, research, etc. Help us build on what we already have. 5. Flexible Scheduling. Our group is organized to provide flexibility to help you juggle your schedule. We are striving to become more “virtual” and depend less on physical meetings so you can study when you have the time and still be involved when you can’t “be there”. 6. Maintenance. Have you even considered how you are going to maintain this knowledge once you acquire it? We have some ideas about how we can help you with this too. 7. Freedom. If you need it, the weekly meeting gives you a reason to get out of the house for one night every week. Just kidding…. Still interested? Ready to act? We are starting our next cycle through our curriculum on September 10th. Register for the study group by contacting Lee Chalupa, the group’s administrator at lchalupa@seelink.org. You are welcome to join our group at any time but some people prefer to start at the beginning of the book. Thank you for your time. A .pdf file is attached that contains this same message if this text is not legible.
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