Re: MCSD best practices
From: Schfooge (schfooge_at_NOSPAMFORME.rogers.com)
Date: 11/07/04
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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:01:12 -0500
"UAError" <null@null.null> wrote in message
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> "Schfooge" <schfooge@NOSPAMFORME.rogers.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Cindy Winegarden" <cindy_winegarden@msn.com> wrote in message
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>>> Hi Tod,
>>>
>>> I'm confused. I thought 70-300, "Analyzing Requirements and Defining
>>> Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures" was one of the required exams for
>>> MCSD. Are you talking about some other exam?
>>>
>>
>>I think he means that since he has already taken 70-300, to get his MCAD,
>>he
>>will have taken all the required exams plus 70-300. I think he is under
>>the
>>impression that the four exams are required for MCAD, and that you take
>>70-300 to go from MCAD to MCSD.
>>
>>I can understand where this confusion comes from, because I have seen this
>>misconception before. I even have an Osborne MCAD/MCSD that says this. It
>>made the mistake in saying you needed a Windows Apps AND a Web Apps exam
>>instead of saying you need one OR the other for MCAD.
>>
>
> Actually he maneuvered himself into this position by
>
> a. taking 70-300 first
> b. taking 70-320 last
>
> 70-300 does not contribute to the MCAD credential, meanwhile
> 70-310/70-320 is mandatory for the MCAD (no substutitions
> allowed). Hence he will obtain the MCAD and MCSD.NET
> credentials at the same time. By simply swapping his last
> two choices (70-229 and 70-320) he could achieved his MCAD
> earlier.0
Actaully, he should still be able to get his MCAD first.
I took a peek at his blog, and his order is:
1. 70-300 (already taken)
2. 70-315
3. 70-316
4. 70-229
5. 70-320
Seeing as he only needs one of 70-315 & 70-316 for MCAD, he can leave one of
these to the end and get his MCAD after his fourth exam, and get his MCSD
when he writes the fifth. MCSD only requires 3 exams altogether, so there
is no way to get yourself painted into a corner where you have to take 4
more exams to get your MCAD.
You are right in saying that if he continues to leave an exam he has to take
for both as his last exam (ie. 70-320 or 310), then he won't get either
cert until after the fifth exam. However, it seems to me that he is still
able to change the order of his exams to get the MCAD after 4 - unless he
has already written 1-4 and 70-320 is the only one he has left.
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