The amount of learning required for these new tests are unbelievably huge.
Had I any idea it would be this much I would have not bothered. As it is I
have invested much time studying all three exams at once (because there is
some overlapping in the path I am taking, which is the only good news).
I have taken one exam formally (knowing I would fail) and did a better then
I thought and had plenty of time which was surprising although I think the
format is somewhat random.
In short, I think if you are looking for a mild change in your resume I
wouldn’t touch this insanity with a ten foot pole.
I am looking for a monument change in my resume and about to punt the idea.
"Al" wrote:
>
> Hi, folks. I could use a bit of advice (or encouragement)
> regarding MCAD and MCSD exams. I'm wanting to change jobs
> in the near/intermediate future, and so decided to add at
> least an MCP to my resume.
>
> I have five years as a developer and an MS degree from
> 1991 (pre-Web!) I spent a number of years caring for
> elderly parents before entering the job market full time.
>
> My grad program was half MBA and half CS, and I've been
> programming on and off since first getting my hands on an
> Apple II+ in 1981.
>
> Most of my professional experience is in building web
> apps, using various tools- PHP/MySQL, Cold Fusion, and
> ASP. But I've also done a fair amount of 2-tier
> client/server stuff (VB6 and VC6) and even one embedded
> systems project while i was with an IT consulting group.
>
> I'm actually working for a school district right now -
> made a leap towards job security when the tech sector was
> collapsing. It's been interesting, but the door to
> advancement looks like it leads either to a bigger
> district or back to the private sector.
>
> What I'm wondering at this point is: how much suffering
> should I expect? I'm not having trouble moving from
> things like VB6 and MFC to C# and .NET in practice...
> I've already done some C# work for a client as part of an
> ongoing freelance project, using windows forms... relying
> a lot on IntelliSense, of course... actually I'm rather
> surprised how effortless it was to do multithreading with
> delegates, compared to using the Win32 API or MFC.
> Handling exceptions seemed to be much easier too.
>
> I started reading the Exam Cram book by Kalani on exam 70-
> 315 (ASP.NET with C#) and found some things comfortable
> and other things disturbing. I would rather not spend a
> ton on materials if I don't have to, and I've already
> been told to study MSDN more than anything else, but...
>
> HOW MUCH am i supposed to SUFFER with this? Is it NORMAL
> to get these STRESS headaches that go straight down
> through my left EYEBALL? Do i need a THERAPIST more than
> a CERTIFICATION?
>
> I need advice! I need some encouragement!
>
> I need a HUG!
>
> -Al
>
>
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