I was once a Systems Engineer with my fourth job and it was a dream-come-true for me to fully print it in my business card as my job title that I can proudly announce to Microsoft, “Hey, I haven’t passed any of your exams but I got the title!"
Sorry for my words, I’m just being arrogant and funny because I never really enjoyed it. Most of the times, my servers would crash and I’ll be wasting my time in the server room during nights and weekends. Only escorting our vendor technician from Fujitsu do the troubleshooting because our servers are purchased with a contract that the vendor has the responsibility for it. Now, where did this brilliant idea came from? I’m sure it came from a business minded person and not from an IT Engineer but anyway it turns out to be a learning experience for me because I got to ask a lot of questions regarding servers and switches and I eventually managed the system by myself…
For me, conquering MCSA is like surviving a crowd who could not understand my language nor can speak my second language English. But with MCSE, it’s like we’re cruising the highway of Canada from Ottawa to Toronto where you can take a nap on the backseat and when you woke up you can still see trees, plants and flowers and sometimes a barn all throughout your journey. It’s like answering a test paper which you’ve previously answered correctly for the nth time…
Most of the exams in MCSE are almost similar as in my experience with regards to the questions asked. It was a title I can call a “Maintained Classic Sets of Exams” with a few hundred-dollar fee once you got your MCSA because the foundation is still 290 and 291 and the rest are just reconnaissance of what you’ve learned from these two. Conquering MCSE 2003 is an achievement for me that no other in my colleagues in my company has ever achieved during that time. I’m humbled with this achievement because it took me 4 failures, two failed 290s and two more 291 failures, weeks of sleepless nights and two years of studying.
It took me seven exams to finish this title from 2005 to 2007 and during that time and perhaps until 2008, it’s one of the best selling title you could ever want if your applying for a high paying job. You’ve got to take 1 Core OS, 4 Core Win2k3 Server, 1 Core Design and an Elective. Microsoft has a perhaps lowered its standard by not having the new generation a title worth conquering by not making a 2008 MCSE in stead a Technology Specialist and an IT Professional set of labels. Anyway, I’m glad to have come to that summit in my pursuit for titles that I did not quit even if I’m at my lowest point. I rallied back, as Rafael Nadal did against the world number 1 Federer.
With this culmination of my quest for a four letters’ acronym beside my name, it’s about time to move further. To embark on another challenge that has been waiting for me in front of my monitor. To keep the spirit of change that lives in me.
And perhaps, it’s a hint that I have take another course to overcome which I’m sure will be co$$$$tly…
Sorry for my words, I’m just being arrogant and funny because I never really enjoyed it. Most of the times, my servers would crash and I’ll be wasting my time in the server room during nights and weekends. Only escorting our vendor technician from Fujitsu do the troubleshooting because our servers are purchased with a contract that the vendor has the responsibility for it. Now, where did this brilliant idea came from? I’m sure it came from a business minded person and not from an IT Engineer but anyway it turns out to be a learning experience for me because I got to ask a lot of questions regarding servers and switches and I eventually managed the system by myself…
For me, conquering MCSA is like surviving a crowd who could not understand my language nor can speak my second language English. But with MCSE, it’s like we’re cruising the highway of Canada from Ottawa to Toronto where you can take a nap on the backseat and when you woke up you can still see trees, plants and flowers and sometimes a barn all throughout your journey. It’s like answering a test paper which you’ve previously answered correctly for the nth time…
Most of the exams in MCSE are almost similar as in my experience with regards to the questions asked. It was a title I can call a “Maintained Classic Sets of Exams” with a few hundred-dollar fee once you got your MCSA because the foundation is still 290 and 291 and the rest are just reconnaissance of what you’ve learned from these two. Conquering MCSE 2003 is an achievement for me that no other in my colleagues in my company has ever achieved during that time. I’m humbled with this achievement because it took me 4 failures, two failed 290s and two more 291 failures, weeks of sleepless nights and two years of studying.
It took me seven exams to finish this title from 2005 to 2007 and during that time and perhaps until 2008, it’s one of the best selling title you could ever want if your applying for a high paying job. You’ve got to take 1 Core OS, 4 Core Win2k3 Server, 1 Core Design and an Elective. Microsoft has a perhaps lowered its standard by not having the new generation a title worth conquering by not making a 2008 MCSE in stead a Technology Specialist and an IT Professional set of labels. Anyway, I’m glad to have come to that summit in my pursuit for titles that I did not quit even if I’m at my lowest point. I rallied back, as Rafael Nadal did against the world number 1 Federer.
With this culmination of my quest for a four letters’ acronym beside my name, it’s about time to move further. To embark on another challenge that has been waiting for me in front of my monitor. To keep the spirit of change that lives in me.
And perhaps, it’s a hint that I have take another course to overcome which I’m sure will be co$$$$tly…
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