So, just passed my MCITP EA :D :D

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Just been on a 13day course doing in and passed on Friday! :D Really massively chuffed as it's teh first major certification I've done and was pretty damn tough but now I want to do another hahaa

That is all :D thought I would share my joy!!

Ross
 
Cost me nothing but money for beers in the bar revising. It cost my work 2 weeks without me and about £6k haha If I was them I most definitely would have put something in my contract to say I couldn't leave... ah well :P
 
Did you actually learn enough to apply it?

Always looked at these courses as two week brain-dumps that enable you to write something on your CV.
 
Frapple said:
Did you actually learn enough to apply it?

Always looked at these courses as two week brain-dumps that enable you to write something on your CV.
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Unfortunately that is exactly what they are.
A mate of mine went away on a "10 day boot camp" and they just drilled into him the most likely questions he'll get in the final test.

It's a shame and it's why MS qualifications have been so badly de-valued.
They may well open the odd door, but they are certainly not the foot in the door they used to be.
 
I'm guessing Firebrand, a colleague is on this course in 2 weeks time.

As for the age old debate of are boot camps any good, I'd say it depends totally on the person.

If you're already working with the stuff and know it but are using the boot camp as a fast track to get all the exams done and out the way I don't see a problem with it. I see them as a way to validate your knowledge, not to learn it all in 13 days (which you won't :) ).

Got my CISSP next week which should be fun, but least that's not as long!
 
Yea did it with Firebrand and the trainer was really bloody good! I understand what everyone's saying but it was a great way to learn about 2008 in more depth than I currently do, as well as get something out of it!

As for which ones were the hardest, I would say that actually the Software integration exam and then Windows 7. I know I know, but everything else is normal as in networking and A/D but the 7 one has so many new bits and pieces to learn it was a bit harder work.
 
you learnt everything in 13 days? wtf? i brought MCTIP-AE books from amazon, 5 books total. i would be very shocked if you read all 5 books in 13 days! wtf lol
 
The chap at my work has all the books and has been reading them for about 2 weeks now, no idea how far through them he is but he's almost done I think :)

I'm just not looking forward to spending the week there, would rather be at home :(
 
Worked roughly 19hr days which kinda sucked but obviously some of the stuff in the book you will already know, or it won't be gone in to in the same meticulous way the book can spread it out for pages on! I had read 3 of the books before going myself though as well, which really did help!
 
Frapple said:
Did you actually learn enough to apply it?

Always looked at these courses as two week brain-dumps that enable you to write something on your CV.
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I could and do, have a set of vm's running here with 2008 running on them. I would probably crosscheck technet if I was going roll out a cert auth or ts gateway as they are my least favourite but would be confident to do a practical anyone asked.

I love this place, you can't be happy for 2 minutes as someone's just going to **** all over it. Ah well, you don't have it so balls to ya :P haha

Fully star swearing please.
 
If you have the qualifications and experience it's going to help you more to prove to new employers that you can do the job. Congrats. I did it the old fashioned way of one exam at a time but if work would pay for it then I'd have gone the same route.


M.
 
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