Another year, another milestone. And I should have done this two years ago: Finally, I wrote the certification exam for MOSS 2007 App Development. Got a score of 840, easily over the passing mark of 700 but short of my goal for 900.
I did prep work and ran through practice exams and it still spanked my behind. All I can say is that you really need to know your material, from theory to practice, to make the right decisions. Sure, it’s multiple choice, but it’s challenging multiple choice. The kind where you’re ready to jot down your answer in 0.02s, and then get that awful feeling that you may have goofed. And the second-guessing begins.
No matter. It’s done & dusted for me. Glad to have it.
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After almost two years of not being able to find the time to complete my last exam, I finally bagged my Microsoft Certified Application Developer cert last Monday: 70-316 Windows Application Development Using C#.
I managed an 840 which, truth be told annoys me -- I should have had a high 900s score. They are getting trickier with the questions, so my caution to anyone doing the exams now or in the future is to read the questions carefully!
Last Thursday and Friday I attended a Certified Scrum Master course -- intensive training that is delivered by a Certifed Scrum Master Trainer.
While I have read widely about Scrum, it was a useful course to attend to get independent verification that I indeed understand agile/Scrum fundamentals and to be able to ask hard questions about how to manage an agile project.
My course was delivered by Mishkin Berteig, an agile coach and trainer with 10+ years experience in the field. If you're new to agile and want to get the gold seal, I highly recommend attending either the 2 day or 4 day courses.
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