Gerry O’Brien on free certification exams
Everybody interested in developer certifications, just want to make sure that you know about Gerry’s post from last week. It starts like this:
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Want to see if you’re ready to develop for the Azure platform? Do you have what it takes to create Web apps using ASP.NET, JavaScript, AJAX and Silverlight? What about desktop apps using WPF? Perhaps you're the service developer using WCF or maybe you're good at data access with ADO.NET.
Ever tested your knowledge on these topics? Want to?
I have just the opportunity for you.
I know some of you are just waiting for the announcement while some of you may find this page through a search engine and have no idea what I’m talking about. Whatever brought you here is not important at the moment. What is important is that I am providing advanced notice of upcoming exams for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.
Why is this worthy of your time? If you decide you want to take one, or more, of these exams, it’s important to know what you’re up against and what it will cost you.
First things first. Cost. Simple. You don’t have to pay anything to take these exams. Absolutely, 100% free, no charge, take ‘em while you can. There are no catches, no caveats, no tricks. Free is free in this case.
In case you doubt me, let me explain what a beta exam is and why we are offering it for free. During our exam development process, we make the actual exams available, at a Prometric testing center, for no charge. This is a step that helps us increase exam quality by having industry experts evaluate each question, by taking the exam, and providing feedback to Microsoft. We use your feedback to fix, replace, or scrap questions that are technically incorrect, not relevant, etc. You help us create a better product for your fellow developers that will have to pay for the exam.