After reading my previous blog entry on teaching kids Java, Ransika De Silva from Sri Lanka told me this story about 13-year old twins:
“Last year there was an exhibition related to computing in Sri Lanka and the Sun Certified Java Professionals’ Association (www.scjpa.org) was there too. So these two kids got to know about the power of the Java Programming Language and the value of the Sun Certification at the exhibition when they visited us. Since the SCJPA is a charitable organization it doesn’t conduct any training courses. So they joined a course which was conducted by the Institute of Java and Technological Studies (Pvt) Ltd which is an authorized training center of the SCJPA.
They had no knowledge in the Java programming language at the beginning, but day by day they followed all the instructions given by me and got the hang of the Java language. They did a lot of self studies, a lot of practical work and they always worked as a group.
Yasith always tried to compile and see what the out put is, but Rajith was more studious, he reads a lot, but compiles less compared to his brother. Within 5 months they were able to sit for the SCJP examination and pass the exam with flying colors. Due to the hard work of the members of the SCJPA, the Java programming language and its certifications are getting popular in the country. Many companies hire a lot of Java programmers and they specifically say that the candidates should have the SCJP as a primary qualification.
SCJPA has become the center point of the SCJP community in the country, and many companies do consult us when they are recruiting Java programmers. There is a good trend in the country about Java. ”
Good job Ransika, Yasith and Rajith! Sri Lanka may start competing with India in outsourding soon 🙂
Here’s my other article on teaching kids Java.
Yakov Fain
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