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Tell us about your real world stories about MCDST. Was it worth being
certified? What was the one thing you learned that was new to you and were
impressed with?

"Ritesh Kachhwaha" wrote:

> Tell us about your real world stories about MCDST. Was it worth being
> certified? What was the one thing you learned that was new to you and were
> impressed with?


Sorry, but who are you? What's the meaning of your question ?

"cesaremsdn" wrote:

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> "Ritesh Kachhwaha" wrote:
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> > Tell us about your real world stories about MCDST. Was it worth being
> > certified? What was the one thing you learned that was new to you and were
> > impressed with?
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> Sorry, but who are you? What's the meaning of your question ?


I am just someone who has passed the 70-271 exam and will be taking the
70-271 exam on 22/11/06. I would just like to know if you guys found the
certification useful?

I didn't find the cerificate useful at all. Sure it proves you can remember
stuff for an exam but you soon find out how much is relevant to the day to
day running of most networks. Indeed, older network techs absolutelyt scoff
at the idea of MCDST. To them it's an embarrassment. Take it as the start -
MCSA is the very least you'll need I would say.
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>> "Ritesh Kachhwaha" wrote:
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>> > Tell us about your real world stories about MCDST. Was it worth being
>> > certified? What was the one thing you learned that was new to you and
>> > were
>> > impressed with?
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>> Sorry, but who are you? What's the meaning of your question ?
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> I am just someone who has passed the 70-271 exam and will be taking the
> 70-271 exam on 22/11/06. I would just like to know if you guys found the
> certification useful?

I work at an IT Helpdesk taking calls from a variety of different users. I am
taking the 272 test tomorrow. I think from my viewpoint the 272 course is
more relevant to my job than the 271 as we don't really have the resources
(remote access) to do a lot of Windows configuration, but do a lot of desktop
application help : Word, Excel, VPN etc.
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Jerold


"Ritesh Kachhwaha" wrote:

> Tell us about your real world stories about MCDST. Was it worth being
> certified? What was the one thing you learned that was new to you and were
> impressed with?

Hi Ritesh,

Very true, like Robbarratt mentioned earlier is that more older techs would
scoff at it. But look at it this way - depending on what your specific
{network, admin, support} job description is, there are a lot of benefits
including but not limited to, customer service orientation, consulting
methods & techniques and sometimes a broader scope than what you might want
to rightly or wrongly perceive as the "crux" of the subject matter and hence
whatever deviation and their supposed irelevance. Truth is, most of what you
learn would eventually come to bear on your professional expertise as you
move through the support level pyramid structure but most especially if you
are independent IT consultant. I hope this helps.

Kindest regards