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    Congratulate me, I just got a cert

    Microsoft Learning Everybody congratulate me - I passed the 70-306 Microsoft certification exam this morning.  This proves that I’ve actually got some small amount of experience and knowledge.  I only have to take two more exams and I’ll have my MCAD certification.  Three exams after that and I’ll have my MCSD certification. 

    I took the test on a whim this morning because I beat both Brendon and Keith to the exhibition hall.  One of the reasons I decided to sit in on the exam was that I got to take the test at 50% off and if I failed the test I could retake it for free at a local exam center.  I actually expected to fail the test and that I’d have focused areas to study.  Turns out I knew slightly more than I thought I did.

    Anyway – that’s what I did with my morning instead of breakfast.  After what I ate last night, I really needed to skip breakfast.  More on that later.

    Posted: 06-14-2006 12:23 PM by Matt Ranlett | with 6 comment(s)
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    Jim Wooley said:

    Conga-rats. You only have a couple days to try to beat Michael Earls' record. I look forward to hearing all about the event when you get back.
    # June 14, 2006 1:01 PM

    KDR said:

    I am so proud of you baby!!!!!!!

    # June 15, 2006 4:00 AM

    D'Arcy from Winnipeg said:

    Hey Matt, congrats! But just FYI: you only need 5 exams to get your MCSD, not 6...if you play it right. Here's my suggestion:

    For your MCAD, write the Web .NET and WebServices exams. Microsoft will let you write the web exam as your elective if you have your windows exam for the prerequisite, and vice versa. Plus, you need to have both web and windows for your MCSD. So once you have these three, you only have to write the 70-300 and one elective exam.

    Good luck on it mang!

    D
    # June 15, 2006 8:29 AM

    Joe Healy said:

    Congrats!  From the Florida guys....
    # June 16, 2006 7:06 AM

    Josh Gough said:

    Congratualtions Matt! I passed the 70-315 in April and have been slow towards preparing for my next one. Jim Wooley did kindly point out that Web and Windows are the two easiest exams of the bunch :-)

    Anyway, here are my notes about 70-315:

    http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/joshuagough/archive/2006/04/15/136815.aspx


    # June 20, 2006 5:58 AM

    Noah Coad [MS] said:

    Way to go Matt!!  You're one of the 1/3 of MVPs that are certified as well.  Very cool.
    # June 22, 2006 9:33 PM