Rampidbyter Rampid byter: A byte of my .Net developing life.

I took the 70-528 MCTS Web 2.0 certification today. Passed it and now can add the MCTS to my resume. I didn’t blog about it, I did tweet it though, but I decided to do a challenge to myself to get one certification a month until the new year. The last certifications I took for were back in 2007, with one upgrade failure in 2008ish, but since then I hadn’t really felt the need to get any additional certifications (especially when MCSD expired.)

Since I’m a independent consultant now it seemed to behoove me to get additional certifications. For the simple fact when I list them the description web/desktop with framework number helps HR see I'm still relevant to their search. Considering my current job duties focus mainly on web development I’d really like to get a few desktop and database related certifications in the list.

I scheduled the exam two weeks ago, studied each evening, and took it today with a successful result. What was even more awesome was I actually found Microsoft has a certification pack deal going on where you get a big discount WITH second shots for each certification in the pack. I bought the 3-exam pack and saved a boat load of money AND get free second-shot chances if I blow the first try. For the month of October I have my first MCTS in web, and looking forward to getting more in the coming months.