Shopping for Certifications
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At the urging of my employer, I have begun shopping for certifications. I know I shouldn't need to be pushed to look for a certification, but its also good to be nudged out of complacency. I want something that is relevant to what I do, as well as something that helps me grow. I do primarily VB.NET 2005 development and support as well as some VB6, ASP, SQL and Javascript. Right now I've spied two certification possibilities that might work: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist I am pretty sure I am missing out on something that might work better, but other things I've found focus on technologies and such that I don't use or most likely won't use. So, what do you think I should be looking at in terms of certifications?
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At the urging of my employer, I have begun shopping for certifications. I know I shouldn't need to be pushed to look for a certification, but its also good to be nudged out of complacency. I want something that is relevant to what I do, as well as something that helps me grow. I do primarily VB.NET 2005 development and support as well as some VB6, ASP, SQL and Javascript. Right now I've spied two certification possibilities that might work: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist I am pretty sure I am missing out on something that might work better, but other things I've found focus on technologies and such that I don't use or most likely won't use. So, what do you think I should be looking at in terms of certifications?
Those are decent ones to get started with. Keep in mind that the certification exams do expire and that you may not be able to take a VB.NET 2005 exam anymore. might be a good opportunity to see if you can play with 2008 or 2010 at work since they want you to get certified. The SQL certifications are not that bad if you have been doing SQL for a while, that is the MCITP: Database Developer and Database Administrator. I have the developer one and few others over the last 11 years. If you have any more questions about them, let me know. Right now I got an email from Prometric that Microsoft exams are 20% off. plus you could get find some codes to get into beta versions of exams, but those are typically for the newest version of a certification. Good Luck.
Steve Maier