microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcsd - Question for MCSD-certified developers

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Question for MCSD-certified developers

Mary

2003-02-21, 9:23 pm

I just failed 70-176. For me, yes the exam is extremely
hard. 70-17 is Desktop Apps with VB6. I have been told
to get Transcender and study that until I have all the
questions and answers memorized then it will be an easier
test. I guess that is one way to get a cert, but I want
to pass by know VB inside out. My score was 413/713. At
the bottom is showed the % for each area of the test.
Package and Deployment is a killer for me.
Anyway I hope this helps.
I am looking for a classroom environment. The place I am
going through for the class only has it online and it is
not live. I want to be able to ask questions and get
answers.
One day I will pass this exam.
Mary
>-----Original Message-----
>I used to write a lot of code back in the mid-Nineties,
on
>a platform that was moribund even then. Then I moved
over
>to the same company's network administration group and
>didn't look back... my career went that direction. I got
>an MCSE (and I got bored after 5 MCSE 2000 exams, but I
>may finish the other two soon) and worked my way up in
>that bailiwick to a respectably high position. Then we
>all got laid off and I went into business for myself,
>which is working out pretty well, as these things go.
>
>I'm bored, though. Small companies have extremely simple
>problems and needs. I really wanted to get back into
>coding, figuring I could bolster my income with some
>custom applications-- I was a good programmer back in the
>day and figured I could be again, although I'd have to
>finally figure out OOP (not nearly as big a deal as I
>thought it would be) and event-driven programming (not a
>big deal either, in fact, it's easier as you all may
know).
>
>So five weeks ago I bought an MS book that had a 60-day
>free trial of visual studio .NET and for the last week
>I've been working hard (almost feverishly) on a project
>that uses web services for database access. The curve
>felt awful steep at first but now everything seems to be
>falling into place.
>
>I think getting the MCSD (or maybe the MCAD only for the
>simple reason that my customers know what an application
>is but perhaps would find the word "solution" a little
>confusing!) might help me in my marketing. I have
noticed
>from what I'm reading, though, that not that many people
>are getting the cert, at least not by MCSE standards.
>There must be at least a 20:1 ratio. What I want to know
>is, are there so few MCSD's because it's really hard
>(that's kind of exciting from a challenge standpoint) or
>because there's not that much advantage to it? I'd like
>to hear opinions on that so I can decide if it's worth it
>to get one. I don't know a single MCSD, so this is the
>only place I can think to ask.
>.
>

Patrick

2003-02-28, 4:23 am

"Mary" <mfrye@bwsys.net> wrote in message
news:03a801c2da20$aeaf5510$a30
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> I just failed 70-176. For me, yes the exam is extremely
> hard. 70-17 is Desktop Apps with VB6. I have been told
> to get Transcender and study that until I have all the
> questions and answers memorized then it will be an easier
> test. I guess that is one way to get a cert, but I want
> to pass by know VB inside out. My score was 413/713. At
> the bottom is showed the % for each area of the test.
> Package and Deployment is a killer for me.
> Anyway I hope this helps.
> I am looking for a classroom environment. The place I am
> going through for the class only has it online and it is
> not live. I want to be able to ask questions and get
> answers.
> One day I will pass this exam.
> Mary

Mary,

For what it's worth, I think that you have the right approach to the exams,
wanting to understand the product rather than just get the cert.

For this exam, I found a useful book to be "MCSD in a
Nutshell" by James Foxton - see here http://tinyurl.com/6gsw

As far as Package and Deployment Wizard is concerned, the only suggestion
that I can make is to play with the product as much as you can, deploying
little sample apps. It really isn't a complex subject once you get into it,
so don't be disheartened. I can;t remember the aspects of P&D that are
covered in the exam off the top of my head, but if you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to ask. In addition to this newsgroup, which can be a
decent resource, feel free to email me directly at the email address in my
sig if I can help.

As we say here in the UK - "keep your chin up", and keep up the good work.
You WILL pass the exam in the end, and will be able to do so with pride,
having actually learnt the technology.

Good Luck,

--
Patrick Mullin,
MCSD (VB6).

Email <first name> at AuroraDigitalis dot com

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