New Certifications Are A Joke!

So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and in a
year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs the most
is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams and have the
equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.

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"SAM" <> wrote
> So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and in
> a
> year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs the
> most
> is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams and have the
> equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
> something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.

Yep. Actually, the more frustrating part is that even MCSE has become such a
joke that many companies are now requiring it for entry level positions.
Which is why MS is changing the certification process for the next version
of Windows.
--
T-Bone
MCNGP XL

T-Bone

SAM wrote:

> So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and in
> a
> year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs the
> most is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams and have
> the
> equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
> something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.

What 2 exams make one the "equivalent" of an MCSE? The exams for Vista,
which is the first OS for which the new track will be in force, do not
appear to have been announced.

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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

J. Clarke

Where did you see those info?



"SAM" <> wrote in message
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> So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and in
> a
> year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs the
> most
> is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams and have the
> equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
> something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.

JP Breton

I'm referring to SQL Server. Was 4 exams, is now 2. Like a DBA doesn't need
to know about design AND development. That's just the db side of it....a
good dba knows the design and development of applications, dbs, and networks!

"J. Clarke" wrote:

> SAM wrote:
>
> > So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and in
> > a
> > year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs the
> > most is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams and have
> > the
> > equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
> > something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.
>
> What 2 exams make one the "equivalent" of an MCSE? The exams for Vista,
> which is the first OS for which the new track will be in force, do not
> appear to have been announced.
>
> --
> --John
> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
>

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If I understant correctly,

To become a MCTS on SQL 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/sql/
you need to pass 1 exam.
I think that MCTS is a little bit the equivalent to an MCP on SQL 2000, you
need to pass 1 exam.

Now, after that there is the MCITP :
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/dbadmin/ where you need to take
3 exam to be certified only on Database Administrator

If you want to acheive Database Developper (Developer) :
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/dbdev/ you need to take
different exam.

I think that the new exam will be more focus on the product itself rather
than a whole range of product.

Remember that to acheive MCDBA on SQL 2000 you need to pass 4 exams, on
those 2 exam, you can actually take any windows 2003 exam...

JP



"SAM" <> wrote in message
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> I'm referring to SQL Server. Was 4 exams, is now 2. Like a DBA doesn't
> need
> to know about design AND development. That's just the db side of it....a
> good dba knows the design and development of applications, dbs, and
> networks!
>
> "J. Clarke" wrote:
>
>> SAM wrote:
>>
>> > So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and
>> > in
>> > a
>> > year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs
>> > the
>> > most is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams and
>> > have
>> > the
>> > equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
>> > something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.
>>
>> What 2 exams make one the "equivalent" of an MCSE? The exams for Vista,
>> which is the first OS for which the new track will be in force, do not
>> appear to have been announced.
>>
>> --
>> --John
>> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
>> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
>>

JP Breton

SAM wrote:

> I'm referring to SQL Server. Was 4 exams, is now 2. Like a DBA doesn't
> need
> to know about design AND development. That's just the db side of it....a
> good dba knows the design and development of applications, dbs, and
> networks!

It appears to have escaped your notice that there is a new level of cert
that requires approximately fourteen exams and proof of relevant experience
and an interview. The one that you're on about is part of the background
required for the high level certs.

> "J. Clarke" wrote:
>
>> SAM wrote:
>>
>> > So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and
>> > in a
>> > year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs
>> > the most is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams
>> > and have the
>> > equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
>> > something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.
>>
>> What 2 exams make one the "equivalent" of an MCSE? The exams for Vista,
>> which is the first OS for which the new track will be in force, do not
>> appear to have been announced.
>>
>> --
>> --John
>> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
>> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
>>

--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

J. Clarke

right..I think the DB side is much improved now actually.

DB: intel
DB: Admin
DB: Designer

Where I think you guys got shafted in the past is that MCDBA to me implies
Adminstration only but clearly the exams say otherwise.

I think the new certs are better served for DB guys and I (MCAD) am
currently looking to get the low level SQL becuase I am tired of interviews
related to my SQL skills.

"JP Breton" wrote:

> If I understant correctly,
>
> To become a MCTS on SQL 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/sql/
> you need to pass 1 exam.
> I think that MCTS is a little bit the equivalent to an MCP on SQL 2000, you
> need to pass 1 exam.
>
> Now, after that there is the MCITP :
> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/dbadmin/ where you need to take
> 3 exam to be certified only on Database Administrator
>
> If you want to acheive Database Developper (Developer) :
> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/dbdev/ you need to take
> different exam.
>
> I think that the new exam will be more focus on the product itself rather
> than a whole range of product.
>
> Remember that to acheive MCDBA on SQL 2000 you need to pass 4 exams, on
> those 2 exam, you can actually take any windows 2003 exam...
>
> JP
>
>
>
> "SAM" <> wrote in message
> news:5F156792-DBB1-49F9-91A2-...
> > I'm referring to SQL Server. Was 4 exams, is now 2. Like a DBA doesn't
> > need
> > to know about design AND development. That's just the db side of it....a
> > good dba knows the design and development of applications, dbs, and
> > networks!
> >
> > "J. Clarke" wrote:
> >
> >> SAM wrote:
> >>
> >> > So, I've worked faithfully to earn my MCSA and MCDBA certifications and
> >> > in
> >> > a
> >> > year they will be as meaningful as the IBM 360. The thing that suxs
> >> > the
> >> > most is that some newbie is going to come along and pass 2 exams and
> >> > have
> >> > the
> >> > equivalent of what I did. The MCSE is SEVEN exams! Now that proves
> >> > something. This new certification track is stupid and unfair.
> >>
> >> What 2 exams make one the "equivalent" of an MCSE? The exams for Vista,
> >> which is the first OS for which the new track will be in force, do not
> >> appear to have been announced.
> >>
> >> --
> >> --John
> >> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> >> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
> >>
>
>
>

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