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Nhumrod
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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 9:32am \| IP Logged

I am on study leave today for the first time since I was at Uni! My company kindly let me have one day off before each exam I take. Feels bizzarre lol.

I have my 70-649 (Windows 2008 upgrade from 2003) exam tomorrow morning. If i pass I get 3 qualifications for the price of one, but the exam is going to be a biiiiiitch! Its split into 3 sections for the 3 qualifications you earn from it. You have to get 70% in each section as well as for the overall, so even if you got 100% for the 1st two, then got 69% for the last one, you would fail! Eek!

I know Phil is a big IT exam geekz0r like me. Has anyone else taken any MS, Cisco, etc etc exams?

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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 9:37am \| IP Logged

Flibble

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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 9:41am \| IP Logged

Only MCSA exams in 2000 - so WELL outta date on the qualifications. All my knowledge since comes from experience rather than books.

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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 9:57am \| IP Logged

Harv, why didnt you finish all your MCSE exams, seeing as you had already done the courses?

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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 10:02am \| IP Logged

Yeah Sucks doesnt it I failed my Checkpoint Exam this week with 68% needed 70% so just considering re doing it this friday.

Gotta do my cisco admin one as well at some point dont fancy doing that one thinking of doing the combinded exam

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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 10:10am \| IP Logged

No time D - plus a realisation that in IT, it is experience that gets you a job not qualifications. Sure haveing letters after your name helps - but if you have never even touched the systems you are learning about you'll get nowt.

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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 11:14am \| IP Logged

Yeah the person teaching the Cisco course bassicly said the same someone she had been working for had hire someone with all the cisco qualifications and then turned out not to have a clue what they were doing.

However support companies like mine need staff to have the qualifications because otherwise vendors wont give partner status's without enough staff with certain qualifications

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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 9:25pm \| IP Logged

no IT exams for me but in 3 months time will have ACA after my name as have completed all my 9 chartered accountant exams, just waiting to get time qualified (and a bit richer

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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 5:52pm \| IP Logged

Passed my exam today yay! 3 more MCTS in Win 2008!

I now have:
VMware VCP in VI3 (and 2.5 yrs commercial VMware xp with 2.x and 3.x)
MCSA / MCSE & MCSA / MCSE: Messaging in Win 2003 (5 yrs commercial xp in enterprises with 1000-3000 servers & 40k+ workstations)
4 of 5 exams for Win 2008 MCITP (no commercial 2008 xp but frankly if you know 2003 and vista, you know 2008 pretty much, the upgrade exam was a laughable affair)
MCTS Exchange 2007 (As above, if you understand server 2008 and exchange 2003 its not a huge jump to support it)
ITIL Foundation (ZzZzZz but companies like it - 5 yrs xp working under ITIL processes in enterprise environments)
A Desmond for my BSc Comp Sci

I know xp is important, but many companies require the qualifications to back em up, or at minimum, to get you the interview.

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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 5:58pm \| IP Logged

Seriously dude...
Congratz! I know how difficult those kind exams can be.

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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 6:26pm \| IP Logged

greg wrote:

no IT exams for me but in 3 months time will have ACA after my name as have completed all my 9 chartered accountant exams, just waiting to get time qualified (and a bit richer )

GL BTW dude...

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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 6:44pm \| IP Logged

Dude ITIL we apparantley do the same thing at are place i went to a presentation about that the other month what a snore im pretty certain i got laughed for yawning party where through as well

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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 1:04am \| IP Logged

well done impressed but aint got a f what ur on about can u write it in Yorkshire ? LOL

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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 1:06am \| IP Logged

Hmmm come to think about it Whats an Exam ? i just do drivin tests LOL

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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 9:42am \| IP Logged

well done dude!

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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 2:11pm \| IP Logged

Grtz D very nicely done .

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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 3:33pm \| IP Logged

yes passed my CCSE today. Which now means i need to start revising for CCNA which im thinking is going to be hard apparantley there taking your picture now for the certificate and a digital signature there was a guy in the test centre getting it done before me

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Posted: 19 June 2009 at 6:56pm \| IP Logged

Gratz to both!

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Posted: 02 July 2009 at 9:26am \| IP Logged

oooh - gz phil! you can understand them taking photos now as people do get others to take tests for them...

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Posted: 27 July 2009 at 12:57pm \| IP Logged

Woot woot!

Passed my 70-647 Windows Server 2008: Enterprise Administrator exam this morning, which means I'm now a qualified MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) in Server 2008...

What a good weekend I've had lol.

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