MCAD / MCSD Certification

How much value addition is this certification

[ashish21cool]

Dear Frnds,

Can anybody shed some light on how valuable this certification is?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks

[joostvv]

Depends on what you want to do with it, if your goal is to qualify to get a better job, maybe it helps. If you do it to obtain more knowledge i think it's useless.

[ashish21cool]

Basically I wanted to know how does industry consider a certified people.
Does it have any edge over others?
Besides is it helpful to get more money on board?

Thanks.

[Easy_Coder]

I got my mcsd a few years ago. The landscape is changing so rapidly in the opensource areas that I don't see myself going after anymore microsoft certifications.