Re: Is MCAD.NET cert based on VS2003 still worth to take?

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From: Kevin Spencer (kspencer_at_takempis.com)
Date: 11/02/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 12:56:53 -0500

I am a team leader and Senior Application Developer for my company. I
participate in the hiring process. I couldn't care less about the
certificates that prospective employees have. A certificate proves only that
one can cram for and pass an exam. As a programmer, I've never had to take
an exam in order to create an application. Therefore, the ability to take
exams is not a requirement for software developers. Writing solid code is.
So, if you want to work for me, you've got to show me the money (i.e. code).
On the other hand, if you want to work for a beaurocratic dinosaur, get as
many certificates as you can, and best of luck to you. 

-- 
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
.Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
I get paid good money to
solve puzzles for a living
"andy lim" <admin@infoteknika.com> wrote in message
news:eKfkwDPwEHA.4048@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> hello all,
>
> i developed several ASP.NET web application with VS2003.
> i'm preparing myself to take an exam on the path to MCAD.NET.
> then, the VS2005/.NET framework 2.0 (beta) came in to my hand. after i
> played around for some time with it, i found that VS2005/.NET 2.0 includes
> so many built-in functionalities that we need to built from scratch with
> VS2003. for example: user authorization/authentication, datagrid
> formatting/sorting/paging etc.
> the bottom line is: developing with VS2005/.NET 2.0 can makes my
development
> life much easier than using VS2003/.NET 1.1
>
> can someone tell me, is it still worth my effort and time to take that
> expensive certification exam, if it would only 2 years or so to become
> obsolete? or, should i better wait till Microsoft officially replaced all
> MCAD.NET to conform with its new release (in VS2005/.NET 2.0)?
>
> i really feels like i'm on a crossroad here, and need some insights from
you
> all...
>
> thanks in advance,
> andy
>
>
>

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