MCSD.NET finally
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Congratulations. BTW how do you prepared for the exams ? Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
Thanks. I prepared with books and MSDN. Basically I print the page of "Skills being Measured" that Microsoft has for each exam then research each topic via book/web/MSDN. Here's a link to a website where a guy does basically the same thing. I really didn't have much of a problem with any test except for 70-300. It was hard and very tricky. I bought the MS Press study guide for it hoping that it would help and I guess it did but not enough. I failed 70-300 the first time I took it but was able to pass the second time. Hope this helps.
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I finally finished up my MCSD.NET this week. The last exam I had was the 70-300 Architecture exam. It was pretty hard and very tricky. I've been a little surprised at how much the .NET developer exams on my resume has helped. It at least gets people to talk to me which is one of the hardest things to do these days. Most everyone doing C# in my area happens to be consulting firms so I guess it helps when they talk to a client to say they have x number of MCSDs on staff. It's not going to take the place of work experience but it's not a complete waste I hope.
Any tips on how to prepare for the exams. Links / self-test sites etc thanks Kannan
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Any tips on how to prepare for the exams. Links / self-test sites etc thanks Kannan
It really comes down to which exam you're interested in. Here's some links. Transcender - I've never used one other than the samples. I have a friend that swears by them. You should at least download the sample/trial version of the exam you're planning on taking just to get a feel for the questions. Very realistic from what I hear. Also isn't considered a "braindump" as it's not real questions just very similar ones. cramsession.com has some study guides for different exams that are sorta useful as something to look over but I wouldn't rely on them. This website is one I mentioned in an earlier post. He does something similar to what I like to do in that he takes the requiresments and researches each one to find the answer. If you have questions about a specific exam let me know and I can see if I still have notes or links for it.
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Thanks. I prepared with books and MSDN. Basically I print the page of "Skills being Measured" that Microsoft has for each exam then research each topic via book/web/MSDN. Here's a link to a website where a guy does basically the same thing. I really didn't have much of a problem with any test except for 70-300. It was hard and very tricky. I bought the MS Press study guide for it hoping that it would help and I guess it did but not enough. I failed 70-300 the first time I took it but was able to pass the second time. Hope this helps.
ravinggoat wrote: I prepared with books and MSDN. Basically I print the page of "Skills being Measured" that Microsoft has for each exam then research each topic via book/web/MSDN. Good way to study . It's the way I passed all other's 7 past Microsoft Exams . ravinggoat wrote: I bought the MS Press study guide for it hoping that it would help and I guess it did but not enough. There is a new one about 70-300 , it looks decent but I'll wait for the reviews ... I asked your method of study because I'm interested in renewing my certifications and since the company pays it :-) But first , this thursday Sun Certified Programmer exam ... it's part of the objectives that I have to achieve ... Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
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It really comes down to which exam you're interested in. Here's some links. Transcender - I've never used one other than the samples. I have a friend that swears by them. You should at least download the sample/trial version of the exam you're planning on taking just to get a feel for the questions. Very realistic from what I hear. Also isn't considered a "braindump" as it's not real questions just very similar ones. cramsession.com has some study guides for different exams that are sorta useful as something to look over but I wouldn't rely on them. This website is one I mentioned in an earlier post. He does something similar to what I like to do in that he takes the requiresments and researches each one to find the answer. If you have questions about a specific exam let me know and I can see if I still have notes or links for it.
Thanks for the site, it looks interesting :-) Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
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ravinggoat wrote: I prepared with books and MSDN. Basically I print the page of "Skills being Measured" that Microsoft has for each exam then research each topic via book/web/MSDN. Good way to study . It's the way I passed all other's 7 past Microsoft Exams . ravinggoat wrote: I bought the MS Press study guide for it hoping that it would help and I guess it did but not enough. There is a new one about 70-300 , it looks decent but I'll wait for the reviews ... I asked your method of study because I'm interested in renewing my certifications and since the company pays it :-) But first , this thursday Sun Certified Programmer exam ... it's part of the objectives that I have to achieve ... Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
Joao Vaz wrote: But first , this thursday Sun Certified Programmer exam ... it's part of the objectives that I have to achieve ... Good luck on it. I got my Sun Certified Programmer last year. I took the old 310-025 exam though. I assume you're taking the 310-035? I used a couple of books and Javaranch for that one. I just did squeak by it too. Not sure if I can be any help on it since I haven't used java since I took the exam. Let me know how you do.
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Joao Vaz wrote: But first , this thursday Sun Certified Programmer exam ... it's part of the objectives that I have to achieve ... Good luck on it. I got my Sun Certified Programmer last year. I took the old 310-025 exam though. I assume you're taking the 310-035? I used a couple of books and Javaranch for that one. I just did squeak by it too. Not sure if I can be any help on it since I haven't used java since I took the exam. Let me know how you do.
ravinggoat wrote: taking the 310-035? Yeah ! Sun dropped the passing score to 52% , but they increased in their opinion the difficulty of the questions , they dropped AWT from the exam and streams !!!!! :omg: ... JavaRanch is a cool place to study , I'm only studying for one book , I don't want read more about the *basic* java stuff ... What I'm doing is a lot of free and online tests to prepare for it. Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
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ravinggoat wrote: taking the 310-035? Yeah ! Sun dropped the passing score to 52% , but they increased in their opinion the difficulty of the questions , they dropped AWT from the exam and streams !!!!! :omg: ... JavaRanch is a cool place to study , I'm only studying for one book , I don't want read more about the *basic* java stuff ... What I'm doing is a lot of free and online tests to prepare for it. Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
Joao Vaz wrote: What I'm doing is a lot of free and online tests to prepare for it. That's the beauty of the online Java Cert community. Lots of free sample tests. Some even harder than the real thing. I started studying for the Java Web Component(310-080) certification but I got burned out and never finished it up. I guess I might try to go back and start studying for it again. I'm not sure what I want to do next. :)
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Joao Vaz wrote: What I'm doing is a lot of free and online tests to prepare for it. That's the beauty of the online Java Cert community. Lots of free sample tests. Some even harder than the real thing. I started studying for the Java Web Component(310-080) certification but I got burned out and never finished it up. I guess I might try to go back and start studying for it again. I'm not sure what I want to do next. :)
ravinggoat wrote: That's the beauty of the online Java Cert community. Lots of free sample tests. Some even harder than the real thing. True , lot's of good and valuable tests , a lot of times much better than the free microsoft tests out there ... ravinggoat wrote: I started studying for the Java Web Component(310-080) certification but I got burned out and never finished it up. Yep, it's my next one :-) SCWCD Exam Study Kit [^] it's a great book, and the guys at amazon and at certification lists are saying it's the ONLY thing necessary to pass the exam :-) Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
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ravinggoat wrote: That's the beauty of the online Java Cert community. Lots of free sample tests. Some even harder than the real thing. True , lot's of good and valuable tests , a lot of times much better than the free microsoft tests out there ... ravinggoat wrote: I started studying for the Java Web Component(310-080) certification but I got burned out and never finished it up. Yep, it's my next one :-) SCWCD Exam Study Kit [^] it's a great book, and the guys at amazon and at certification lists are saying it's the ONLY thing necessary to pass the exam :-) Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
Joao Vaz wrote: SCWCD Exam Study Kit [^] it's a great book, and the guys at amazon and at certification lists are saying it's the ONLY thing necessary to pass the exam I bought it as soon as it came on based on the recommendation of some JavaRanchers. I have heard some good stuff about it both then and since. Just gotta find the time to read it.