Last week Microsoft killed their Certified Masters program, essentially making my glass trophy as worthless as…well…a trophy in a bookcase. Today there was a phone call with Microsoft Learning and 250 lucky MCM participants. The result of the phone call? Just more frustration for everyone. What I was hoping for was to hear details about … Read more
I awoke last Saturday morning to see some emails describing a change to the Microsoft Certified Master’s program. I didn’t pay them much mind because I knew the program was changing slightly. They had already played the game of alphabet soup recently by calling us MCSM instead of MCM so I assumed this email was … Read more
Last week I found out that I had passed the SQL Server 2008 MCM lab exam, the final hurdle to earning my MCM certification. I actually started the process over two years ago, back in 2010. What I wrote back then still very much applies for today as well, except for one thing. The lab … Read more
Every Friday morning I have been meeting with Tim Chapman to review some study materials for the MCM exam. Today I thought that it would be helpful to invite others to join. The idea right now is that Tim and I will each prepare material on a topic and spend 30 minutes each discussing it … Read more
