Writing XP Certification a waste of time or not?

[Guest PD43]

Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer <anonymous@remailer.cyberiade.it>

wrote:

> I am going to a local computer school and can take the XP

>Professional Certification and I am wondering if it is a waste of time

>or not?

 

YES.

 

1) it's (XP) destined for extinction... not a good time to jump on

the bandwagon

 

2) if you lack SIGNIFICANT field experience in addition to whatever

certificate you will get from such a program, you will have thrown

your money away

[Guest Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer]

Writing XP Certification a waste of time or not?

 

I am going to a local computer school and can take the XP

Professional Certification and I am wondering if it is a waste of time

or not? I would be interested in other readers thoughts. I could use

it for teaching at local computer classes for Seniors and thing that.

Is it any good for when you are applying for jobs? Your thoughts

appreciated.

[Guest sgopus]

RE: Writing XP Certification a waste of time or not?

 

IMHO, it's not a waste of time, XP will be around for quite some time, an

education on a stable operating system will benefit you, if nothing else it

will give you a leg up when using other operating system, as you will have

the basics under your belt, just adapt them to a new OS.

 

Loads of businesses will stick with XP, as they may not be able to afford

Vista, nor wish to update to it.

 

"Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer" wrote:

> I am going to a local computer school and can take the XP

> Professional Certification and I am wondering if it is a waste of time

> or not? I would be interested in other readers thoughts. I could use

> it for teaching at local computer classes for Seniors and thing that.

> Is it any good for when you are applying for jobs? Your thoughts

> appreciated.

>

>

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Writing XP Certification a waste of time or not?

 

Windows XP has an incredible installed base of computers. Most if

not all knowledge acquired for XP is in a way transferable to Vista.

Professional accreditation is not always a good indicator of skills but

many jobs require some form of certification. Actually taking a MCP

exam might be a good test of someone's grasp of the material.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcp/default.mspx

 

 

"PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer <anonymous@remailer.cyberiade.it>

> wrote:

>

>> I am going to a local computer school and can take the XP

>>Professional Certification and I am wondering if it is a waste of time

>>or not?

>

> YES.

>

> 1) it's (XP) destined for extinction... not a good time to jump on

> the bandwagon

>

> 2) if you lack SIGNIFICANT field experience in addition to whatever

> certificate you will get from such a program, you will have thrown

> your money away

>

[Guest PaulMaudib]

Re: Writing XP Certification a waste of time or not?

 

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:27:04 -0700, sgopus

<sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>IMHO, it's not a waste of time, XP will be around for quite some time, an

>education on a stable operating system will benefit you, if nothing else it

>will give you a leg up when using other operating system, as you will have

>the basics under your belt, just adapt them to a new OS.

>

>Loads of businesses will stick with XP, as they may not be able to afford

>Vista, nor wish to update to it.

>

 

Exactly. For an example, there are TONS of Windows 2000 Domains still

out there. Why upgrade when what you have works fine?