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70-310/70-320 and COM+
No more than 45 minutes after I post a comment about writing more about the certification tracks do I get inspiration to write a post about an exam and taking courses to meet objectives required by those exams. And if you are my loyal reader, you know that my inspiration is 99% anger.
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25% Off MCP Tests
Pearson Vue seems to be running a promotion to get people Microsoft Certified and has sent me a code where you can get 25% off MCP exams. Register for the discounted exam online at www.pearsonvue.com/ms or call at 1-800-TEST-REG. The code is MSUU2C8E0456 (that's a zero after the E).
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Breaing People's Hearts
One of the best parts of my job as an MCT is when people come in with problems that have been tying them up for weeks (or even months), and you are able to get them a solution and make sure they understand why it works. The worst part of being an MCT? When a client comes in, tells you about some software they purchased for $300,000 and they can't figure out how to audit the updates as required by the government. And you have to tell them that $300,000 piece of software that they purchased was written by idiots.
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Performance Testing Data Driven Website
As an MCT for a CTEC, I'll get some pretty insane questions from sales people looking to help out local companies to help drum up business. One of the all time greats was a company that wasn't sure that ASP and SQL Server could meet their needs for a “high demand” website because they were experiencing extreme slowdowns. In fact, things were so bad that they would stop taking orders for hours at a time to let ASP “catch up.” The high demand site? They were taking ticket orders online for a play. They had a total of 30,000 total tickets to sell and they were selling about 100 an hour. Ok, so something is seriously wrong with their code I figure. What someone could possibly do to drive SQL Server and ASP to below 2 requests per second I had no idea. So the sales guy goes and visits the center to talk about me coming in and doing some ASP training for these people.