MCAD to MCSD or MCPD?
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Microsoft are retiring the MCAD/MCSD March next year. I remember a poll on here about which version of the .NET framework developers are targeting. The majority said 2.0. I have an MCAD and wish to upgrade it to a higher qualification, and I feel that going for an MCSD would be a bit of a wasted effort as it targets 1.1 and will soon be obsolete. Many jobs I have seen require experience with 2.0 or higher. If I go with the MCSD, I fear that version 4.0 of the .NET framework will come out by the time I've done it. So I'm thinking I will upgrade to an MCPD to catch up a bit. Any thoughts on this?
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Microsoft are retiring the MCAD/MCSD March next year. I remember a poll on here about which version of the .NET framework developers are targeting. The majority said 2.0. I have an MCAD and wish to upgrade it to a higher qualification, and I feel that going for an MCSD would be a bit of a wasted effort as it targets 1.1 and will soon be obsolete. Many jobs I have seen require experience with 2.0 or higher. If I go with the MCSD, I fear that version 4.0 of the .NET framework will come out by the time I've done it. So I'm thinking I will upgrade to an MCPD to catch up a bit. Any thoughts on this?
I would say go for the upgrade to MCPD, especially since the MSCD is also being retired.
Scott Dorman
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