[Qt-interest] Qt Essentials Exam

[Andre Somers]

David Ching wrote:
> I took the Qt Essentials Exam at the recent Qt Developer Days in San 
> Francisco, and surprisingly... passed!  :-)
>
> Has anyone else taken it, and do you think it means anything?  My impression 
> is that passing it means you have spent a few months with Qt and know some 
> of the fundamentals but does not indicate how good a Qt programmer you 
> really are.  In other words, passing the exam means you could be an average 
> developer or a really good one, it doesn't distinguish.  A bit like a 
> driving test....  Then again, perhaps that's all it is fair to ask any one 
> exam to do (in any field) .
>
> It will be interesting to see what other exams Qt comes out with (they say 
> the Essentials is only the first).
>
> Thanks,
> David 
>   
Hi, I took the same test in the Münich version of the DevDays, and I 
also passed. I had expected to pass, but I found the level of the 
questions differed a lot. Some were very basic, some were quite tricky 
and required quite a good understanding of things like event handling 
(that you don't need all that often for basic stuff anyway).

It's a pitty you don't get feedback on how well you passed the test. 
IMHO, there is a difference between a 100% and a 60% score, while both 
may be a "pass".

The people on the DevDays were among the first to take the test; even 
the KDAB guys took the test there, I noticed.

André
- now also Nokia Certified Qt Developer :-)