Is CLAD or even CLD possibly in just two months?

[alomah3]

I’m applying for an internship and I’ve heard that having a lab-view certificate and project is the single best thing I can do. I just started really learning today, spending about 4 hours, going through all the introduction videos from NI and briefly looking at some practice exams. I plan on taking the CLAD early February.

I can comfortably put about 1-3 hours a day into studying and learning the software. My thought process is, that if i am going to spend the next two months absolutely grinding my ass off creating multiple projects, I might just be able to take the practical exam for my CLD. I think I might feel a little more comfortable creating a full program in 5 hours, than taking a 90 minute test

Again I have really only put about 6 hours of research and practice into Lab view so I’m aware I might be grossly underestimating how hard the exams might be. But please let me know if this is realistic at all, and if you know of any courses that will help. Thank you!

[billko]

Click the link on my signature to see if you have the experience to be a CLAD. I hear they've added DAQmx to it. And I can't understand why.

[billko]

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@alomah3 wrote:

I’m applying for an internship and I’ve heard that having a lab-view certificate and project is the single best thing I can do. I just started really learning today, spending about 4 hours, going through all the introduction videos from NI and briefly looking at some practice exams. I plan on taking the CLAD early February.

I can comfortably put about 1-3 hours a day into studying and learning the software. My thought process is, that if i am going to spend the next two months absolutely grinding my ass off creating multiple projects, I might just be able to take the practical exam for my CLD. I think I might feel a little more comfortable creating a full program in 5 hours, than taking a 90 minute test

Again I have really only put about 6 hours of research and practice into Lab view so I’m aware I might be grossly underestimating how hard the exams might be. But please let me know if this is realistic at all, and if you know of any courses that will help. Thank you!

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I would venture to say that anyone who doesn't know that it is LabVIEW and not Lab view will have a tough time passing the test.

[billko]

and do you really think you are operating at this level for CLD?

[altenbach]

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@alomah3 wrote:

I’m applying for an internship and I’ve heard...

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This has been asked (and answered!) on reddit a few days ago. It would only be polite to give a link to the earlier discussion to avoid duplicate efforts.

[Gyc]

Short answer: NO

Long answer: NI recommends 12 - 18 months experience AFTER taking core 1, 2 and 3 courses.

Let alone taking the courses - which I think you SHOULD take, at least core 1 - there is NO WAY you can pass CLD in 2 months, unless you are a genius of programming.

Mind me, that's NOT because LabVIEW is difficult - I actually think it is easier than many other textual languages, python included - but because I think it is not possible to get enough proficiency in ANY programming language in such a short time.

That said, I commend you to thrive in your efforts and I sincerely wish you all the best.

[wiebe@CARYA]

I know someone who passed CLAD without ever opening (installing even) LabVIEW.

If you do all practice exams and use common sense and are reasonably good at taking tests you could pass CLAD too.

Of course, you won't learn anything. And CLAD doesn't hold much value.

[alexderjuengere]

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wiebe@CARYA wrote:

I know someone who passed CLAD without ever opening (installing even) LabVIEW.

If you do all practice exams and use common sense and are reasonably good at taking tests you could pass CLAD too.

Of course, you won't learn anything. And CLAD doesn't hold much value.

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both, clad and cld heavily rely on learning by heart.

CLAD is more like learning project management, and learning some of the labview lingo.

I believe to remember, I learned from CLAD, that the selector of a case structures accepts ranges e.g. "0","1..10","11"...

CLD introduces more coding relevant stuff, especially data structures, but you don't learn much about "talking to hardware" or "signal processing"