I would suggest exposing yourself to other developers and them to you as well. They are often found on irc server irc.freenode.net. The more you expose yourself to them and them to you, the better you know and better prepared you get for exam. They also provide resourceful information as they exchange advices.
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Grill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 2:36 PM To: Levi Campbell; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: studying for the certification exam > Hi, I took the MySQL core and professional certification exams and failed both, so now I want to go again, but does anyone have any tips or techniques for studying that they've found useful? > Wow, what a drag. Did you read the study guide? How long have you been a MySQL user? I am preparing to take the professional exam and have been reading the study guide. I find it to be very useful and informative in that it lets you know what percentage each topic will be covered in the exam. I also started reading the entire online manual. I skim through a lot of it and spend the most time on the areas that either interest me or are unclear. I have been a MySQL user since 1998. Most my experience was installation/administration for a web hosting provider until around 2001 at which time I began using it for my own projects. It's really only been the last year or two that I started feeling any kind of confidence with MySQL. Although I have not taken the exam, I am feeling pretty confident that I can pass after reading the online manual and the study guide from front to (almost) back. I hope I'm right about that feeling! Wish me luck :-) Best of luck to you, too. Jim Grill -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
