Oh ..Rowdy, now I know you didn't pass the exams on the first try!!!
To add in Rowdy's advice, after you have got the certs, go to as many
newsgroup as you can and write as many message as you can. But don't forget
to include all the subjects you took to get the certs beside your name or as
your signature in messages.
Something like
XXXX (your name here)
MCP (70-290 ) (Full exam names here)
MCP (70 -291) ( Full exam names here)
(Repeat as many subjects as you have taken)
---
MCSA (70-290) (Full exam names here)
MCSE (70-291) (Full exam names here)
(Repeat as necessary)
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MCSE: 2003 (70-290) (Full exam names here)
MCSE:2003 (70 -291) (Full exam names here)
---
(Repeat as necessary)
In this way, newsgroup readers will become pretty impressed with your
achievements and sooner or later, the potential employers will gonna call
you up or emails you. Your mailbox will be flooded with the job invitations
and invitations for interviews..
Good Luck ..
Rowdy Yates wrote:
> JaR <> wrote in
> news:OTSMQK7$:
>
> > Buster opined, On 2/29/04 2:37 PM:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm about to set off on the long hard road to Microsoft certification
> >> and was wondering if anyone could tell me if you think it's worth
> >> enrolling on an MCSE training course with one of these training
> >> providers as they seem to charge an absolute fortune or if it's just
> >> as easy to pass by buying books and teaching yourself at home, I've
> >> just bought the Sybex book for 2000 Professional exam.
> >>
> >> Also, I was wondering if those of you who are qualified can tell me
> >> if the career rewards for being MCSE certified really are as good as
> >> these training providers make out as most of them use the line "You
> >> can go to an interview and name your price", is this true or part of
> >> the sales pitch?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >
> > Unless you are in India or some other third world country, you are
> > going to be competing with thousands of certified, experienced and
> > unemployed IT professionals for a very damn few jobs.
> >
> > The so-called "training providers" are for the most part selling snake
> > oil.
> >
> > Don't take my word for it, see what jobs are available in your area in
> > IT. The market is flooded with MCSE's and most companies are laying
> > off IT staff.
> >
> > JaR
> > Cynical Thug
>
> Buster, don't you listen to JaR. He's crazy! there are lots of jobs out
> there - you just need to know the special trick to getting them.
>
> The trick is, you need to do MCSE over & over again. you do all the 7
> exams and pass. then when you get your MCSE in the mail, you book the
> same exams and do them all over again. you keep doing that over and over
> again. everytime Bill Gates sees your name on the MCSE as he is signing
> it he gets more impressed by how much you know. He will then make a
> special note in his daytimer to meet with you about a job. thats how i
> got my job. 
>
>
>
> --
> Rowdy Yates
> Things I learnt in the army:
> -------------------------------
> Rule #1 -
> When they say, "We are going to ambush the enemy".
> It really means, "We are heavily outnumbered and no one wants to help
> us."
> -------------------------------
> I am Against-TCPA
> http://www.againsttcpa.com