I finally got around to sitting my
LotusScript in Notes for Advanced Developers (#190-273) exam today.
The main reason I wanted to do this exam was to upgrade my R5 cert to a principal in order to be eligible for the R6 upgrade exams. However an hour before I left for the testing center I checked the Lotus Certification website and saw that to upgrade you are now only required to be a CLP - previously the R4->R5 upgrades required principal level certification - nice timing!
I have to say, this ended up being one of the harder exams I've sat, due to the fact that a lot of it focuses on remembering syntax specific information on the various classes, which is always available at runtime when you're actually developing, making this exam more of a memory exercise than anything else. It might have been easier if I'd studied of course.. anyhow, 88% isn't bad all things considered.
Ob the subject of Notes, the results of the "How long do you think it will be before you have to earn your living from a technology/platform other than Domino?" poll over at Notestips.com have changed somewhat since I last mentioned them. Seems there are a lot of people out there who are a lot more optimistic about their futures with the product than it initially seemed.