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do you recommend it?
how long it takes to take the exams?
You get 1 pencil, 1 test computer and 1 sheet of paper and 90 minutes baby!
I conducted an interview recently because that resume indicated mcsd... come to find out; that person never even took an exam.
If its going to help you get work then its worth the effort memorising a braindump :), but its very easy for a programmer to spot exam-MCAD's in an interview.
do you think the following line sounds terribly crazy: 'I gave up my PhD in Civil Engineering, because I had fallen in love with c#'?!
All the MCSD shows is someone can read a book. Good, flexible and stable coding is the real proof to a good programmer. I've interviewed dozens of anacronym laden lads over the years and a very few were able to answer relatively simple questions if they had been using the software (VB/.NET/C/etc.) for more than a year.
If you're looking for one because you think it looks good on a resume, it might not be worth it. If it's because you want to learn more about it, then it's great but expensive.
