It's part of the training
get used to it.... ;)
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I see MS qualifications as more of a way to get past the agency / HR gatekeepers than any actual proof of knowledge.
That's certainly true, but you are far less likely to be interviewed if you don't have the required "qualification". My estimate of what my MS Cert was worth to me was about an extra $AU10,000 a year. A significant amount of moolah in Tasmania 20 years ago.
For those who need help with an exam, let me start off with a few MS Certifiable questions for you here:
1. Windows 10 is the best operating system to date because:
a. It has a Start button
b. It doesn't have a Start button
c. We say so
d. It breaks all compatability with large Visual Studio 6 compiled applications
2. Windows as a Service is good because:
a. It means that your machine will always be updated and always working.
b. We can then start to charge for it.
c. Your sysadmin can't stop our Search implementation being loaded
d. Any bugs are instantly fixed by our quality control department
I am sure that you can come up with others.
MS should drop it's training arm and let it's loyal Learning Solutions partners do their own thing. For years, MSL has put out stuff that later gets dropped - and frankly for all too many of the past 20 years, the quality was poor. The Windows 2003/8 stuff was dreadful, by and large. Get rid of certs that any fool can brain dump, get rid of certs that reality no longer are all that helpful.