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Hi, Im an ambitious millennial who has chosen to self-teach myself a few things that could obtain me success. One of them is software development - with two possible avenues for success - create my own website, and be my own boss. The other is - to get certified through Microsoft in my area of expertise and work for a company. My area of expertise? Well, Ill try to be quick here, I started learning ASP a long time ago, and then I learned ASP.NET WebForms, and then, most recently, Ive learned and have gotten a pretty good grasp of ASP.NET MVC. So, my issue is this:
Ive had my eye on doing this for a while now, and I noticed how Microsoft modifies its Exams every year, so, every so often, I check on the MCSD testing page to see whats currently offered. At the time of this writing, what Im interested in is becoming whats now, in December 2016, known as a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for Web Applications (the MCSD: Web Applications certification branch), but I just found out the certification expires on March, 31 2017.
As I said, Im ambitious, and have a few avenues I can pursue. Although, as I said, Ive been interested in getting this certification for some time now, but, its just that Ive been busy doing many things, and Im unsure if I can complete the exam by that date, and the new replacement certification branch (MCSD: App Builder) doesnt make sense to me, I want to develop with C# and MVC, and I dont want to have anything to do with Azure - which is what that new replacement branch is focused on - while the current branch thats available till March, 31 2017 - has a specific exam for MVC developers (Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications). I dont understand why Microsoft feels this change is necessary, this is alienating developers like myself. You know, I can switch to php, or python. I dont know what to do, I wish there was something I am unaware of here, and there still will be some kind of exam offered specifically for MVC (I mean, since MVC was introduced, theres been an exam specifically for it - and now, they want to get rid of the focus on it altogether when it comes to certification? Why? If there is no MVC focused replacement certification exam - I would have to assume this is because they gave ASP.NET Core, and MVC to the open source community).
Honestly I hope someone who works at Microsoft and knows about these certifications can respond, and hopefully with reassuring news, because if you guys take this certification away from people, youre going to put a lot of people like myself at a loss of opportunity. You guys created ASP.NET and MVC, this is your technology, you guys offer certification, and so, you guys have a moral obligation to provide certification in this technology that you guys created. Not everyone wants to focus on Azure, Im sure theres plenty out there that want to have nothing to do with it, but still want to have everything to do with MVC.
Lastly, someone might point out to me I miscategorised this post, but, I tried my best to categorize it in the closest thing I can possibly categorize it to in comparison to my issue, but there was no option in the categories list for certification - if Microsoft offers a pay-for product/service - they should allow for people to post forum questions about that specific item.
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Ive had my eye on doing this for a while now, and I noticed how Microsoft modifies its Exams every year, so, every so often, I check on the MCSD testing page to see whats currently offered. At the time of this writing, what Im interested in is becoming whats now, in December 2016, known as a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for Web Applications (the MCSD: Web Applications certification branch), but I just found out the certification expires on March, 31 2017.
As I said, Im ambitious, and have a few avenues I can pursue. Although, as I said, Ive been interested in getting this certification for some time now, but, its just that Ive been busy doing many things, and Im unsure if I can complete the exam by that date, and the new replacement certification branch (MCSD: App Builder) doesnt make sense to me, I want to develop with C# and MVC, and I dont want to have anything to do with Azure - which is what that new replacement branch is focused on - while the current branch thats available till March, 31 2017 - has a specific exam for MVC developers (Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications). I dont understand why Microsoft feels this change is necessary, this is alienating developers like myself. You know, I can switch to php, or python. I dont know what to do, I wish there was something I am unaware of here, and there still will be some kind of exam offered specifically for MVC (I mean, since MVC was introduced, theres been an exam specifically for it - and now, they want to get rid of the focus on it altogether when it comes to certification? Why? If there is no MVC focused replacement certification exam - I would have to assume this is because they gave ASP.NET Core, and MVC to the open source community).
Honestly I hope someone who works at Microsoft and knows about these certifications can respond, and hopefully with reassuring news, because if you guys take this certification away from people, youre going to put a lot of people like myself at a loss of opportunity. You guys created ASP.NET and MVC, this is your technology, you guys offer certification, and so, you guys have a moral obligation to provide certification in this technology that you guys created. Not everyone wants to focus on Azure, Im sure theres plenty out there that want to have nothing to do with it, but still want to have everything to do with MVC.
Lastly, someone might point out to me I miscategorised this post, but, I tried my best to categorize it in the closest thing I can possibly categorize it to in comparison to my issue, but there was no option in the categories list for certification - if Microsoft offers a pay-for product/service - they should allow for people to post forum questions about that specific item.
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