.Net Certification Help and Cost details?

The MTA is for people in school that are trying to determine if they want to be a programmer. If you already have experience in software engineering, and know that's what you want to do, then you don't need the MTA track.

The MCAD and MCSD are for .NET 1.x, which is something you want to stay away from. .NET 1.x is ten years old and uses a security model inferior to what was released in .NET 2.0. Also, I wouldn't bother working on a legacy application that couldn't be updated past .NET 1.x.

The MCTS certifications for .NET are what you should start with. Unless you have a need to work in .NET 2.0 and VS2005, I would advise taking the .NET 3.5/VS2008 track. The specialty of Windows desktop, Web, distributed, etc. application development is for you to choose, but I would favor Web (ASP.NET) development if you are looking for a .NET programming job.

The MCPD is your ultimate goal. The MCPD certs build on the MCTS certs. Once again, I would suggest favoring the .NET 3.5 an ASP.NET tracks.

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Munesh Sharma12y ago
The MTA is for people in school that are trying to determine if they want to be a programmer. If you already have experience in software engineering, and know that's what you want to do, then you don't need the MTA track.

The MCAD and MCSD are for .NET 1.x, which is something you want to stay away from. .NET 1.x is ten years old and uses a security model inferior to what was released in .NET 2.0. Also, I wouldn't bother working on a legacy application that couldn't be updated past .NET 1.x.

The MCTS certifications for .NET are what you should start with. Unless you have a need to work in .NET 2.0 and VS2005, I would advise taking the .NET 3.5/VS2008 track. The specialty of Windows desktop, Web, distributed, etc. application development is for you to choose, but I would favor Web (ASP.NET) development if you are looking for a .NET programming job.

The MCPD is your ultimate goal. The MCPD certs build on the MCTS certs. Once again, I would suggest favoring the .NET 3.5 an ASP.NET tracks.
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