MCSD.Net finally...
Passed my last test today for my MCSD.Net certification. I’ve been lacking this one test for about a year and half or so. Back when I worked for Avanade we were told we had to get our MCSD.Net certification by a certain date. I quickly went out and hammered out three of the five tests in a month. Then I left Avanade and there wasn’t a push to get my cert at my next company. I took the fourth test mainly because I wanted to study the material and the test gave me an excuse to really study it. Then with the news that they are changing the certification structure I decided that finishing out my certification may help ease the transition period later to the new certifications. So on Wednesday I booked the last test (70-229, Implementing Databases with SQL 2000) for today. I had saved that test for last partly because it was the elective test. but mainly because the database is not my strong suit. I decided to take advantage of the free exam retake offer from Microsoft just in case, but I spent maybe an hour or two looking over some mock tests and then just went and took the test. I passed, so no need to do the retake, but it was nice knowing I wouldn’t have to fork out another $125 if I didn’t pull it off.