Passed 26 Apr, 2006
Last week I took some of those new-fangled ND6.x certification exams, seeing as how I was so slack as to let my PCLP in releases 4 and 5 lapse. Well, I took the third and final exam this morning, by way of light relief from the day job. This was exam 612, which focuses on web development with Domino.
I must confess, my revision was limited to ten minutes going through file protection documents, setting up SSL on Domino boxes… stuff like that ;-) But hey, I should know this stuff, I’ve been doing it long enough! Anyway, as the subject line suggests, I managed to get through it, so my CLP status is definitely back. What I still don’t know is how my having already passed exam 273 jives with the ND6 certifications. I guess I’m a PCLP too… who knows?
Either way, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from IBM this afternoon containing the certificate for passing last week’s exams—quick work!
I got my "IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 7" designation due to the 273 test I took back in 2000 so I'm sure it'll work for you also.
You mentioned that you were surprised how quickly the cert arrived. They've apparently done a lot of work on the cert processing in the last couple years. Have you seen your list of tests and certs on the member site? It's very cool. I was amazed the first time I found that page and saw my tests going back to 1998. Go to this link: https://www-304.ibm.com/jct09001d/certify/member/ccsc.nsf/mainForm?OpenForm
…and find the My Certifications under on the Member Services page.Jim Anderton#
I took 273 in 2002, so hopefully it will still count. Oh well: onwards!Ben Poole#