I will start by thanking you for the great job you do in
helping people achieve their goal in becoming certified professionals. I am a
student in my second year at a computer science faculty in Romania and I must
say that I REALLY appreciate the part this community plays in the training of
future professionals. Here we lack such great people because the general
population is of the opinion that new technologies are difficult (some “professionals”
say “The older the better because it lasted”) but I do not agree. I want to
become a Microsoft certified professional in more than one domain but I cannot
really find the necessary resources. In my faculty, the most advanced programming
language we study is C and I think they will not change that very soon. I love
C# so my faculty cannot really help me with that and all the job openings
require technologies that are more recent.
My question: Are there any student programs related to Microsoft
certifications that might help me? I mean programs that help students with
their training without having to wait for other more “professional” people to realize
that they need to move on.
I have starter one month ago learning for the Exam 70-536 so
I can achieve the MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Applications
certification but I find it to be very
difficult as materials are very expensive. I managed to get my hands on some of
the published books (a friend bought them for me from Germany, as they are not
available at all in Romania) but courses or e-Learning is completely
unavailable to me as they are way over my budget.
Can you point out some resources that might help students in
their training?
I’ll make sure that I spread the word that Microsoft’s
certification team is great, if not the best as that is the truth. You not only
help us get answers but really change our life by guiding us to certification
and to proving that we can do the jobs that we intend to do.
Tons of respect and gratitude
