Re: Why Microsoft certificates are only good as asswipes

"Bill Gates" <microshaft_bill_gates_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:a5e097cc.0201111017.27274266_at_posting.google.com...
> "Marc Jordan" <marc_jordan_at_altavista.com> wrote in message
news:<a1mvv6$qvm$1_at_news.wanadoo.es>...
> > I have a co-worker that has got Solaris Admin I, II and
> > TCP/IP for 7 and 8 (I do have too) and given that the
> > company is paying as the courses tried to get Windows 2000
> > certified ... well, he found it very difficult and obviously dit
> > not pass it.
>
> They are diffiicult only if you do not know which dump to read
> or where to find these dumps.
> What is shameful is that they sell these dumps with only the
> answers........they don't even bother to explain
> (well in fact they don't know )how to arrive
> at the answer......should that not be the goal though ?
> Learning the product ?
>
> Otherwise Microsoft tests are basically worthless.
> As I said you can score 900 on these tests even without
> reading the questions if you master the dump.
> The original goal by Microsoft to keep the tests difficult has
> backfired because a person with neither practical experience nor
> basic knowledge can pass these exams by cramming these dumps.
>
> Microsoft increased the fee to $125 this year.
> They would be better off incresing it $200 and adding 100 more
> must know basic form based questions (in addition to
> the meaningless questions they use now) in each exam drawn from
> a pool of say 1000 questions.
> Or they could break it into two groups and charge $100 each.
> (Basic test & an advanced test).

I agree. Give us a lab exam as well and MCSE will be a joke no more. Received on Sat Jan 12 2002 - 02:54:52 CST