Certification

Forensics used to identify cheaters of certification exams

Jason Row — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:24:06 GMT

I was forwarded a link to a CIO.com article where they talk about how Microsoft and CompTIA are employing tools to analyze your behaviours when writing a certification test to determine if you have used any braindumps or illegal test preperation material.

http://www.cio.com/article/446591/IT_Certification_Practice_Exams_Could_Kill_Your_Career

Interesting to see so many negative comments at the end of the article. I'd like to hear if someone passed an exam and was then incorrectly accused of cheating. From the last few exams I wrote, there's plenty of information to read so even someone who knows their stuff inside and out, I'm sure they won't be able to answer a the majority of questions inside of 5 seconds. To me that would be a one of the "tells" to indicate that the testee had been studying the questions.

A question about Sharepoint and SecurityAdministrator

Jason Row — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:04:02 GMT

Just wondering if anyone could clarify a SharePoint question for me that relates to the TS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Application Development exam. One of the objectives being measured is to Configure a target computer for Windows SharePoint Services development and beneath this is a mention of SecurityAdministrator. I'm not sure if they are referring to SharePoint Forefront Server Security Administrator or something different.

Anyone have some insight?

What I'm doing to become a better developer ....

Jason Row — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:49:50 GMT

It's been a while since Justice tagged me in his How I am becoming a better developer, part 1 of infinity post. I've gone through some personal issues lately but now I feel ready to publicly post what I'm doing to make myself a better developer. Now I'm not as ambitious as Justice or D'Arcy but I feel that I can achieve these goals in the next 6 months.

Certifications
    - pass the 3 exams to get my MCPD: Windows Developer certification. I know I could just pass the
    upgrade exam but I really want to feel like I know the material inside and out.

Education
    - Start working towards completing the Certificate in Software Development @ UNB. Only have 3 courses
    remaining and I should be able to transfer these over to a degree program at Athabasca University.

Books
    - Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET by Jimmy Nilsson.

User Groups
    - make two presentations to the Fredericton .NET user group before Xmas.

Projects
    - Develop a portfolio of applications. Nothing fancy, just start building stuff!

So that's the plan. time to make some schedules and focus on getting things done.

And I'm not going to tag anyone. I'm simply going to ask those who do read my blog what are you doing to make yourself a better developer?

Pitter-patter, let's get at 'er!