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| Brian Dao 2003-02-01, 12:23 am |
| I held a job as ASP/VB programmer a while back (8
months). Very heavy into ASP (and good at it). Recently
I decided to get back into IT field so I took like 2 weeks
to study and pass the 70-176.
I found out that with a little bit of knowledge and study,
you could pass the exams. I am confident that if I study
hard, I could get the MCSD cert. within a month or two.
But doing so won't do me any good (cuz I'll just be like
one of my friends who's holding a BSCS with little or no
work experience knocking on doors for job)
Here's the problem. I don't want to get that cert. and
hang it on the wall. I want that cert. because I want to
be a professional. The biggest problem I run into is that
it's hard to find a good book nowadays and most seem to be
written for the money only. I went through a lot of books
but didn't learn much from them.
Could you refer me to any site that has practical apps to
challenge your knowledge?
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| jetblue7 2003-02-01, 11:23 am |
| Best VB6 Book - "Programming Visual Basic 6.0" by Balena (He just released
the .Net version a short time ago, too).
Best 70-176 Book - "Exam Prep - Visual Basic 6 Desktop" by Ekedahl.
Extremely thorough tutorial and reference.
I'm not sure what you mean by "any site that has practical apps ." Are you
looking for tutorials? How many hours of study a day were you putting in to
be able to pass the 70-176 in two weeks. I work full-time and studied up on
70-175 & 70-176 for months before passing.
"Brian Dao" <giadich@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:046901c2c9b3$79346100$d5f
82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA12...
> I held a job as ASP/VB programmer a while back (8
> months). Very heavy into ASP (and good at it). Recently
> I decided to get back into IT field so I took like 2 weeks
> to study and pass the 70-176.
>
> I found out that with a little bit of knowledge and study,
> you could pass the exams. I am confident that if I study
> hard, I could get the MCSD cert. within a month or two.
> But doing so won't do me any good (cuz I'll just be like
> one of my friends who's holding a BSCS with little or no
> work experience knocking on doors for job)
>
> Here's the problem. I don't want to get that cert. and
> hang it on the wall. I want that cert. because I want to
> be a professional. The biggest problem I run into is that
> it's hard to find a good book nowadays and most seem to be
> written for the money only. I went through a lot of books
> but didn't learn much from them.
>
> Could you refer me to any site that has practical apps to
> challenge your knowledge?
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| Brian Dao 2003-02-02, 3:23 am |
| I studied for about 4-5 hours a day (not counting the
break time) on and off during the 2 weeks period. I
finished the 70-176 MOC book and flipped through a lot of
other books (only read the parts which I find
intereting). That's when I found out lots of books out
there are nothing but craps.
Brian Dao
>-----Original Message-----
>Best VB6 Book - "Programming Visual Basic 6.0" by Balena
(He just released
>the .Net version a short time ago, too).
>Best 70-176 Book - "Exam Prep - Visual Basic 6 Desktop"
by Ekedahl.
>Extremely thorough tutorial and reference.
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by "any site that has
practical apps ." Are you
>looking for tutorials? How many hours of study a day
were you putting in to
>be able to pass the 70-176 in two weeks. I work full-
time and studied up on
>70-175 & 70-176 for months before passing.
>
>
>"Brian Dao" <giadich@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:046901c2c9b3$79346100$d5f
82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA12...
>> I held a job as ASP/VB programmer a while back (8
>> months). Very heavy into ASP (and good at it).
Recently
>> I decided to get back into IT field so I took like 2
weeks
>> to study and pass the 70-176.
>>
>> I found out that with a little bit of knowledge and
study,
>> you could pass the exams. I am confident that if I
study
>> hard, I could get the MCSD cert. within a month or two.
>> But doing so won't do me any good (cuz I'll just be like
>> one of my friends who's holding a BSCS with little or no
>> work experience knocking on doors for job)
>>
>> Here's the problem. I don't want to get that cert. and
>> hang it on the wall. I want that cert. because I want
to
>> be a professional. The biggest problem I run into is
that
>> it's hard to find a good book nowadays and most seem to
be
>> written for the money only. I went through a lot of
books
>> but didn't learn much from them.
>>
>> Could you refer me to any site that has practical apps
to
>> challenge your knowledge?
>
>
>.
>
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| Marc Mlat 2003-02-02, 7:23 am |
| If you are ASP/VB programmer like me here is the book you need
MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams (VBS Exams 70-175 and 70-176)
by James D. Foxall
The used is around $10.00 at amazon.com
MM
Brian Dao wrote:
> I held a job as ASP/VB programmer a while back (8
> months). Very heavy into ASP (and good at it). Recently
> I decided to get back into IT field so I took like 2 weeks
> to study and pass the 70-176.
>
> I found out that with a little bit of knowledge and study,
> you could pass the exams. I am confident that if I study
> hard, I could get the MCSD cert. within a month or two.
> But doing so won't do me any good (cuz I'll just be like
> one of my friends who's holding a BSCS with little or no
> work experience knocking on doors for job)
>
> Here's the problem. I don't want to get that cert. and
> hang it on the wall. I want that cert. because I want to
> be a professional. The biggest problem I run into is that
> it's hard to find a good book nowadays and most seem to be
> written for the money only. I went through a lot of books
> but didn't learn much from them.
>
> Could you refer me to any site that has practical apps to
> challenge your knowledge?
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