I'm an MCP
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Today I sat for and passed the 070-315 exam, Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. I'm on my way to become an MCSD, and then sit for the 2005 upgrades and become a MCPD!!!
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I don't know about Eric, but I once interviewed a candidate for a position in my company who was MCSD. The candidate could not answer a single technical question. At that time I asked her how she became an MCSD without having a basic knowledge of C++\MFC (this was in 1999). She answered me saying that she got the questions and answers from a web site (I believe it was transcender.com) and memorized them to pass the test. From that point I have low opinion on certifications. I must confess that I also was MS certified (MCP) (not C++ but in VB because I wanted to learn VB that time) but then I never pursued to take two more tests and become MCSD. In fact if I see some candidate as MCSD I always ask him tougher technical questions.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
memorized them to pass the test
OK well there's someone who's pretty good at memorizing... which is a step up from hiring someone who just gave you a bunch of B.S. about their amazing abilities ;)
"Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office)
~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
memorized them to pass the test
OK well there's someone who's pretty good at memorizing... which is a step up from hiring someone who just gave you a bunch of B.S. about their amazing abilities ;)
"Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office)
~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid
I used to memorize credit card numbers as a party trick. Memorizing a bunch of answers in a book is all college students are taught to do.
A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." -- Stephen Crane
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Because if you had to pay for it you wasted your money. (Sorry, I am just anti-cert testing as I feel they are an in general waste of time and money. I would only take the test if someone else paid for it)
A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." -- Stephen Crane
Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
if you had to pay
I took the same exam about 6 months ago and they forgot to charge me. I'm still waiting for an invoice :-D
"Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office)
~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid
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Today I sat for and passed the 070-315 exam, Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. I'm on my way to become an MCSD, and then sit for the 2005 upgrades and become a MCPD!!!
Congrats. I did the same exam in pretty extreme heat & humidity (no air-con X|) Was tempting to rush it to get the hell out of there!
"Nothing ever changes by staying the same." - David Brent (BBC's The Office)
~ ScrollingGrid: A cross-browser freeze-header control for the ASP.NET DataGrid
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I don't know about Eric, but I once interviewed a candidate for a position in my company who was MCSD. The candidate could not answer a single technical question. At that time I asked her how she became an MCSD without having a basic knowledge of C++\MFC (this was in 1999). She answered me saying that she got the questions and answers from a web site (I believe it was transcender.com) and memorized them to pass the test. From that point I have low opinion on certifications. I must confess that I also was MS certified (MCP) (not C++ but in VB because I wanted to learn VB that time) but then I never pursued to take two more tests and become MCSD. In fact if I see some candidate as MCSD I always ask him tougher technical questions.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
In fact if I see some candidate as MCSD I always ask him tougher technical questions.
Wow. There is a name for that type of thinking that we don't use in the lounge. :(
"I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park"--Cars
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Me too. Weird how the brain associates things that way. I guess Tron and WarGames left quite an impression on my fragile little 12-13 year old mind back in the 80's. When I go to Burger King (not very often), I can't find Whopper on the menu, because I'm looking for WOPR. :)
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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Me too. Weird how the brain associates things that way. I guess Tron and WarGames left quite an impression on my fragile little 12-13 year old mind back in the 80's. When I go to Burger King (not very often), I can't find Whopper on the menu, because I'm looking for WOPR. :)
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
Steve Echols wrote:
I can't find Whopper on the menu, because I'm looking for WOPR.
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Steve Echols wrote:
Tron and WarGames
I remember when those first came out. Now, only if I could find my tapes of them :doh:
I'd like to help but I don't feel like Googling it for you.
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Steve Echols wrote:
I can't find Whopper on the menu, because I'm looking for WOPR.
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Steve Echols wrote:
Tron and WarGames
I remember when those first came out. Now, only if I could find my tapes of them :doh:
I'd like to help but I don't feel like Googling it for you.
Your tapes are probably worn out anyway - time to ante up the $6.99 and buy them on DVD. :) Gotta love the classics...
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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Your tapes are probably worn out anyway - time to ante up the $6.99 and buy them on DVD. :) Gotta love the classics...
- S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
Steve Echols wrote:
Your tapes are probably worn out anyway - time to ante up the $6.99 and buy them on DVD.
Yeah, War Games I know where that tape is, but Tron is another story. Guess it's time to go DVD on those two :-D
I'd like to help but I don't feel like Googling it for you.
