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| 925 - Dollars spent on MCSE exams
650 - Dollars spent on one Dell Server with memory and
hard drive upgrades (VMWare, baby)
400 - Dollars spent on MCSE books
297 - The most difficult exam, but also the exam with the
easiest questions
15 - Number of times I uttered "you gotta be f'ing kidding
me" after reading a question on the 70-293 exam
14 - Number of weeks studying
7 - Exams passed on the Windows 2003 track
1 - MCSE lapel pin
Finally getting certified and ending of three months of
24/7 study hell... priceless. 
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| FrisbeeŽ 2004-03-29, 5:24 pm |
| Rf wrote:
> 925 - Dollars spent on MCSE exams
> 650 - Dollars spent on one Dell Server with memory and
> hard drive upgrades (VMWare, baby)
> 400 - Dollars spent on MCSE books
> 297 - The most difficult exam, but also the exam with the
> easiest questions
> 15 - Number of times I uttered "you gotta be f'ing kidding
> me" after reading a question on the 70-293 exam
> 14 - Number of weeks studying
> 7 - Exams passed on the Windows 2003 track
> 1 - MCSE lapel pin
>
> Finally getting certified and ending of three months of
> 24/7 study hell... priceless.
PotD
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| Rowdy Yates 2004-03-29, 6:23 pm |
| "Rf" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:1557501c415d7
$eef608f0$a401280a@phx.gbl:
> 925 - Dollars spent on MCSE exams
> 650 - Dollars spent on one Dell Server with memory and
> hard drive upgrades (VMWare, baby)
> 400 - Dollars spent on MCSE books
> 297 - The most difficult exam, but also the exam with the
> easiest questions
> 15 - Number of times I uttered "you gotta be f'ing kidding
> me" after reading a question on the 70-293 exam
> 14 - Number of weeks studying
> 7 - Exams passed on the Windows 2003 track
> 1 - MCSE lapel pin
>
> Finally getting certified and ending of three months of
> 24/7 study hell... priceless.
sounds like a good investment. keep up the good work.
--
Rowdy Yates
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Death to the Gypsy Kings!
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I am Against-TCPA
http://www.againsttcpa.com
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| 2 weeks of studying for 7 exams? I wonder... I mean, TECHNICALLY, you
could learn the prduct in two days... if You really go at it,and you've
been using it for a long time. But 2 weeks. That's pushing it.
Am I the only one who noticed this??
Rf wrote:
> 925 - Dollars spent on MCSE exams
> 650 - Dollars spent on one Dell Server with memory and
> hard drive upgrades (VMWare, baby)
> 400 - Dollars spent on MCSE books
> 297 - The most difficult exam, but also the exam with the
> easiest questions
> 15 - Number of times I uttered "you gotta be f'ing kidding
> me" after reading a question on the 70-293 exam
> 14 - Number of weeks studying
> 7 - Exams passed on the Windows 2003 track
> 1 - MCSE lapel pin
>
> Finally getting certified and ending of three months of
> 24/7 study hell... priceless.
--
Kat FORMER MCNGP #29
/* Get the facts first. You can distort them later. */
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| kat <eternalbliss@NOSPAM.techie.com> wrote in news:4068b606$1
@obsidian.gov.bc.ca:
> 2 weeks of studying for 7 exams? I wonder... I mean, TECHNICALLY, you
> could learn the prduct in two days... if You really go at it,and you've
> been using it for a long time. But 2 weeks. That's pushing it.
>
> Am I the only one who noticed this??
>
14 _weeks_ not days, Kat...
--
Neil
"you'd do what, to who, for how many biscuits?"
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| "Rf" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:1557501c415d7
$eef608f0$a401280a@phx.gbl:
> 925 - Dollars spent on MCSE exams
> 650 - Dollars spent on one Dell Server with memory and
> hard drive upgrades (VMWare, baby)
> 400 - Dollars spent on MCSE books
> 297 - The most difficult exam, but also the exam with the
> easiest questions
> 15 - Number of times I uttered "you gotta be f'ing kidding
> me" after reading a question on the 70-293 exam
> 14 - Number of weeks studying
> 7 - Exams passed on the Windows 2003 track
> 1 - MCSE lapel pin
>
> Finally getting certified and ending of three months of
> 24/7 study hell... priceless.
but you forgot ...
0 - the salary increase/number of jobs it will get me...
Only kidding, good work and congratulations.
--
Neil
"you'd do what, to who, for how many biscuits?"
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| kat opined, On 3/29/04 3:49 PM:
> 2 weeks of studying for 7 exams? I wonder... I mean, TECHNICALLY, you
> could learn the prduct in two days... if You really go at it,and you've
> been using it for a long time. But 2 weeks. That's pushing it.
>
> Am I the only one who noticed this??
>
>
> Rf wrote:
>
>
>
Ummm, p'raps another, more than cursory glance is in order, kat.
JaR
RIF Thug
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| TechGeekPro 2004-03-30, 2:23 am |
| "Freeride" <freeride@maillinux.org> wrote in message
news an.2004.03.30.05.16.57.470730@maillinux.org...
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:51:04 -0800, Rf wrote:
>
> Finally getting a $11 hour help-desk job changing passwords all day long.
> Priceless
If only I could be so lucky...
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| The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere 2004-03-30, 4:23 am |
| >Finally getting a $11 hour help-desk job changing passwords all day long.
>Priceless
That's my job, he can't have it
Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3
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| The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere 2004-03-30, 4:23 am |
| >0 - the salary increase/number of jobs it will get me...
and
1000 - the number of extra tasks the company will expect you to do for
nothing.
Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3
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| TechGeekPro 2004-03-30, 4:23 am |
| Where do I apply?
--
I may not be fully certified, but I am fully certifiable.
"The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere" <.> wrote in message
news:i4bi60p4libni96ik2r9g7csr
ltauvm4bq@4ax.com...
>
> That's my job, he can't have it
>
> Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3
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| The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere 2004-03-30, 5:23 am |
| >Where do I apply?
You're not having it either!
Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3
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| Spyke 2004-03-30, 10:23 am |
| "Rf" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1557501c415d7$eef608f0$a4
01280a@phx.gbl...
> 925 - Dollars spent on MCSE exams
> 650 - Dollars spent on one Dell Server with memory and
> hard drive upgrades (VMWare, baby)
> 400 - Dollars spent on MCSE books
> 297 - The most difficult exam, but also the exam with the
> easiest questions
> 15 - Number of times I uttered "you gotta be f'ing kidding
> me" after reading a question on the 70-293 exam
> 14 - Number of weeks studying
> 7 - Exams passed on the Windows 2003 track
> 1 - MCSE lapel pin
>
> Finally getting certified and ending of three months of
> 24/7 study hell... priceless.
why did you pay $50 more for your exams than you should have? :-)
BTW, Congrats and don't wear out the magnetism of your shiny new pin on the
first day
Cheers,
Spyke
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