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Re: ARE YOU MCSE/CNE CERTIFIED.. YET?

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From: David Iverson
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 00:00
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Dan:
I think you are preaching to the choir. Who do we talk to about bad drivers -
the millions who are on the road or the State's that issue the licenses?
David

Dan Bender wrote:

> >I'm both pro and con - it depends on the people I talk to.  It's
> >becoming a goldrush just like the CNE was a few years ago.  Microsoft is
> >raising the bar with the new MCSE+Internet certification and when they
> >move over to the adaptive testing format with simulation type questions,
> >the failure rate will go through the roof to weed out all of the
> >Transcender and Exam Cram clowns.  Do you have any idea what the failure
> >rate is already for MCP exams?  It's actually quite high.  So is the
> >dropout rate.  Let's not forget also that failing an exam is $100 lost.
> >
> >I love it when I hear a group of 'techies' talking about Microsoft
> >certification.  Everyone once in a while I will hear "I'm gonna do the
> >MCSE".  Christ - they make it sound like it's a damned dance move...
> >
> >Jas
>
> Yeah it isn't that easy, it does take work.  I agree, its funny to hear and
> see
> the amount of people who want to take this track of courses.  When in
> reality 80 percent fail the first exam more than once? Or something like
> this, not sure exact figures.  There were a couple of exams I sweated on,
> but most of them were too easy I thought.   But this is mostly due to
> microsoft's
> ambigous ways. Ah well. I have heard of this one guy he cheated 4 times, and
> all
> four times he failed.  Meanwhile the testing center knew he was cheating,
> cause they
> watch you, and called sylvan prometric.  They asked "what should we do"?
> Sylvan
> was like, "don't say anything when he fails, but when he does finally pass
> bust em"
> I thought this was great! Anyways the 5th time he took it, sure enough he
> wipped
> out some sort of cheating card or something, and they caught him, he was
> pissed
> needless to say, and I do believe he stopped pursuing his MCSE after that
> point.
> Can you believe it? Someone who fails a exam more than once in my book
> should
> pack their bags. Man, I tell ya.
>
> Dan
> MCSE
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Subject: Re: ARE YOU MCSE/CNE CERTIFIED.. YET?
Date: 1998/06/05
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