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Great! Congratulations.
My goal is to live forever. So far, so good. 
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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theoldfool wrote: Great! Congratulations.
Thanks!
theoldfool wrote: My goal is to live forever.
There can be only one!
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Well done, remember to make 2020's goal re-doing all of your exams again because Microsoft has expired the ones you've just passed 
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Yeah, I got 70-532 just last year... This is basically just the replacement 
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Azure cert, well that's nice,
so... do you have at least 15 years of actual experience?
- no: sorry, not a suitable match
- yes: 15 years! sorry, but in that case you're too old for IT! "it's a young peoples game."
Hot tip:
5+ years experience in visual studio 2019 sure to impress
- they will be throwing jobs at you
(well, until next week when something else new is released.)
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Lopatir wrote: so... do you have at least 15 years of actual experience?
15+ years experience in life 
Here's an actual tip though, try to skip HR when applying for a job and connect directly with the people who know what they're talking about (in case of a NullReferenceException you don't want to work there) 
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Sander Rossel wrote: Microsoft certified expert.
The correct acronym is MCSE.
And it actually stands for Minesweeper Consultant / Solitaire Expert.
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I might get that one. Any tips? What did you use to study?
Congrats on passing.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Awesome. Thank you.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Sander Rossel wrote: Just passed the new Exam AZ-203: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure[^]
Congrats!
[sarcasm]You just learned something that will be obsolete in 5 years![/sarcasm]
Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Marc Clifton wrote: [sarcasm]You just learned something that will be obsolete in 5 years![/sarcasm]
I've personally always placed very little value on these exams and certs, but recently I've learned I'm probably going to have to put myself through a few exams because the company I work for needs some number of people to have those certs in order to maintain its Gold Partner status, which gives us a lot of Azure credits.
So, there's one reason to get them...not that I'm a fan. For the last exam I had to take, I barely glanced at the review material and passed with a 100% score. Not trying to brag. Just commenting on its apparent value.
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I recently got drawn into working on some COBOL code on a mainframe. Some of the code had comments indicating it hadn't been updated since 1995 and it made me realise that I hadn't worked on COBOL since 1985 (1984 actually writing any). So, nostalgia from about 35 years ago kicked in, especially when using a 3270 terminal (emulation) which I last worked on, actually designing and writing an emulator built into another product, in 2002.
How many of you have written code that you came back to years later, or at least worked in an environment or with a language you hadn't used for centuries (or it felt like it)?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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In a way, all the time. My old Elf is still working, but gets a younger brother and an operating system after 40 years. All the time I have to dig out code going back to 1976, like the software/bit banging 300 baud RS232 or the cassette load or save routines.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I had been tinkering with the C64 Mini over the holidays...does that count?
I found myself surprised I still remembered what POKE 53280,0 and POKE 53281,0 did.
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Nothing so grand, only been paid to do C and C# -- and SQL -- so I still try to keep my C-fu ready.
Similarly, I bought some DEC equipment so I can keep up with OpenVMS.
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Yep, my old FORTRAN code seems to catch up with me every 10 years or so.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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...I'm more upset about forest creatures and their unwillingness to clean the house! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Next you will probably be telling us that you are Hamlet, Prince of Denmark[^] 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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"There is something rotten in the state of Denmark" 
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You've seen my reply to the post in The Soapbox, I gather... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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...now I'm not so sure... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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...And I thought: "I can't turn that down"!
Almost weekend. Yeay!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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