The road towards MCPD-EAD: I passed exam 70-529
Three weeks after passing TS 70-536, I sat down again for another two hours at our Prometric test center in order to pass yet another exam that leads towards the MCPD-EA designation. As a matter of fact, I passed TS 70-529 this morning. So far, all the TS exams I passed make my thermodynamic and chemistry exams look like a joke. This exam wasn’t as hard as the 70-536, but the level of difficulty was still pretty high in my opinion. For this exam, my employer was once again kind enough to provide me a training book which was of a great help, but also of a great headache. The book was the MCTS 70-529 Self-Paced Training Kit. It was of great help because the content is basically a good collection of MSDN documentation categorized by exam objectives and sub-objectives. As for the “headache” part, well, the book is filled with ugly C# code (some have compilation-error, others have their style so messed up that it’s hard to follow what the code is suppose to do) and mistakes that can lead you to error if you don’t search for the answer yourself on MSDN or elsewhere on the Web. The funny thing is that the ugliness of the code and most of the mistakes applied only for the C# examples, as I assume most of the authors were more proficient in VB.NET instead. Hey, nobody’s perfect. So, two down and three to go. My objective is to hopefully earn MCPD-EA before September 2008, as I’ll be starting my Master’s at that time. So, in short, that means taking one exam every three weeks (Lord, help me!). Next one on the list: 70-528.
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Paul Rayner:
Congratulations again!
July 18, 2008, 1:18 pmBlackhatseo:
I think you should post more often, I have enjoyed this so far. Added to my reader. SusanO
July 19, 2008, 10:04 amsara:
Hi,which track are you doing your masters in?
September 18, 2008, 4:14 pmBrian Di Croce:
Hey Sara,
I’m taking a project management track. I think that a developer that can merge those specialities (technology + management) can be most valuable to any organization these days. I don’t believe you need a graduate degree for that (hands-on, real world experience is much realistic), but in my current situation I have the opportunity to both work and study. Check out the ‘About’ page for more information
September 19, 2008, 4:01 pmnata:
Congrats on your passing the exam! i’m studying for those exams right now. and 70-528 too.
October 4, 2008, 10:37 pmif you know someone who would like to study together for these exams may be you will be so kind as to give him/her my mail? i know virtually noone in montreal (i arrived only a couple of weeks ago) and the official site for .net develppers is such a joke… and blogs on canadian msdn is a desert with a couple of posts a month from moderators that only anounce commercial events. amasing i’ve been searching for a long time to find some sort of a .net community in montreal – it is such a big city! – and could find nothing worth a look. may be i’m missing out something? where people discuss things?
your blog is by far the best montreal-based resource i could find. and english speaking too!
well, thank you in advance .