Friday, December 26, 2008

Developer vs Engineer

Over the holiday weekend my fiance gave the most simplistic and easy to understand explanation of the difference between a developer and an engineer: The engineer is the person who designs the coloring books while the developer is the one who colors in the pictures.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Post Graduation

Five and a half years ago I started attending the University of Louisville and today I am officially a graduate. With a bachelors degree in hand I have to ask myself "now what". What am I going to do with all of this extra time on my hands. Eventually I want to go back to school, maybe wait six months to a year, but what should I do until then. Since I love to learn and want to keep my mind fresh I figure that I would do some studying on my own and what better way than to study for various certifications.

To keep things a bit interesting I'm going shoot for gaining a certification every month. Like, I did for both the 70-536, and 70-528 I'll give myself only a month to study and take each exam. Of course I wont schedule the exam until after I'm ready, but I don't want to make sure that I study and study hard.

In preparation for the exams I'll be utilizing the practice tests and flash cards from Transcender.

Certification Schedule:
  • January 30, 2009: MCTS Exam 70-503 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation Application Development
  • February 27, 2009: MCTS Exam 70-562 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
  • March 27, 2009: Microsoft MCTS Exam 70-505 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Application Development
  • April 30, 2009: MCTS Exam 70-561 - Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Application Development
  • May 29, 2009: MCPD Exam 70-565 - Designing And Developing Enterprise Applications Using The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
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