Technical Skills Datasheet
I am finding it increasingly hard to illustrate my technical skills on my CV due to the large amount of software I have had exposure to – and I don’t mean just sat next to. So I have created my own technical skills datasheet to accompany my CV a copy of which can be found here.
Evidently, you'll notice that my technical prowess do not extend to creation of well formatted PDF files, as upon resizing or come to print the document the font sizing, spacing, and subsequent readability goes haywire. I blame Adobe.
Microsoft Certifications
To help bolster the qualifications section of my CV I have decided to sit some Microsoft Certifications. This means I can start to use Microsoft Certified logos on correspondance and perhaps prospective employers will realise how awesome I am. I have decided to go down the .NET 2.0 route then sit the upgrade exams for .NET 3.5 (which haven't been released yet have now been released).
My planned Microsoft Certification roadmap can be found below. This is split down into phases in which I will do the exams. I have placed in brackets after each exam the number of people who currently hold the certification worldwide.
UPDATE: The exams that I've passed are marked with the pass dates in square brackets.
PHASE 1
70–536: MCP - Application Development Foundation (2,402,263 - MCP) [22/05/2009]
70–526: MCTS - .NET Framework 2.0: Windows Applications (20,194) [04/06/2009]
70–548: MCPD - Windows Developer (3,797) [08/06/2009]
PHASE 2
70-433: MCTS - SQL Server 2008, Database Development (456) [14/07/2009]
70-451: MCITP - Database Developer 2008 (213) [21/07/2009]
PHASE 3
70–528: MCTS - .NET Framework 2.0: Web Applications (43,207) [30/07/2009]
70–529: MCTS - .NET Framework 2.0: Distributed Applications (10,202) [03/07/2009]
70–549: MCPD - Enterprise Application Developer (7,717)
PHASE 4
70-432: MCTS - SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance (854)
70-450: MCITP - Database Administrator 2008 (358)
PHASE 5 (upgrade - this will also earn me 4 x MCTS in .NET 3.5)
70-568: MCPD - Enterprise Application Developer 3.5 (Part 1)
70-569: MCPD - Enterprise Application Developer 3.5 (Part 2) (25)