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Dave20046
14-10-09, 03:49 PM
:smt026
Today I took an exam and passed so am officially a Microsoft Certified Professional, ok small achievement but never mind that - best of all my insurance renewal came for my car .......£1k cheaper :driving::money::smt023
_Stretchie_
14-10-09, 03:52 PM
Well done mate.
£1k cheaper? My insurance isn't anywhere near £1k! Ahh the pleasures of being old!!
wattyfred89
14-10-09, 03:55 PM
:) good for you, well done
Dave20046
14-10-09, 04:00 PM
Cheers :thumbsup: Just gotta survive another year or so without crashing (into anything) and I'll be safe & dry over the 21 year old milestone.
TheOnlyNemesis
14-10-09, 04:03 PM
:smt026
Today I took an exam and passed so am officially a Microsoft Certified Professional, ok small achievement but never mind that - best of all my insurance renewal came for my car .......£1k cheaper :driving::money::smt023
haha, Microsoft suck, get some cisco certifed ftw
Dave20046
14-10-09, 04:08 PM
haha, Microsoft suck, get some cisco certifed ftw
For what? I don't sell cisco kit :scratch:
TheOnlyNemesis
14-10-09, 04:34 PM
For what? I don't sell cisco kit :scratch:
because microsoft are hellspawn :smt071:p
Owenski
14-10-09, 04:43 PM
nice one numbers, good bit of news.
how much was your insurance on the car?
well done sunshine
tho would hate to see your quote before hand - what you driving Vearon?
Dave20046
14-10-09, 05:05 PM
Ta
well done sunshine
tho would hate to see your quote before hand - what you driving Vearon?
Unfortunately not :(
I need a car to do my job so couldn't leave off getting one. Quotes before hand were sickening, spent a week solid searching and everywhere said £4k+ bar one place - churchhill, £2.5k for a golf :puker: Will still shop around and see if I can get it any cheaper though. Really wish I'd got my **** into gear and took my IAM exam though, that'd probably knock it down a fair wedge more.
Graciepants
14-10-09, 05:05 PM
Cheers :thumbsup: Just gotta survive another year or so without crashing (into anything) and I'll be safe & dry over the 21 year old milestone.
no you wont?! in a year you'll be 20 and 3 months :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
well done though :smt016
davepreston
14-10-09, 05:07 PM
no dave has a chav'd up corsa with tinted windows, lowered suspension ,racing strip and dave and gracie on the top of the windscreen :)
Dave20046
14-10-09, 05:07 PM
no you wont?! in a year you'll be 20 and 3 months :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
well done though :smt016
'or so' :rolleyes: I hadn't bothered to work it out in an optimistic stylee.
Might even be able to get insured on a sports bike by then too :love:
Dave20046
14-10-09, 05:09 PM
no dave has a chav'd up corsa with tinted windows, lowered suspension ,racing strip and dave and gracie on the top of the windscreen :)
Wrong, the banner across the windscreen now says 'Clunge Hunter'*
Majority credit to Dan for that joke.*
Graciepants
14-10-09, 05:09 PM
'or so' :rolleyes: I hadn't bothered to work it out in an optimistic stylee.
Might even be able to get insured on a sports bike by then too :love:
heheheheehhehe, i got insured at 18 on a 2.0l golf GTI with no ncb for cheaper than you are now :P
buy the yellow 748....
madness
14-10-09, 05:24 PM
Well done, but what exactly have Microsoft certified you as being professional at? ;)
Dave20046
14-10-09, 05:33 PM
Well done, but what exactly have Microsoft certified you as being professional at? ;)
#-oManaging and maintaining a computer network.
TheOnlyNemesis
14-10-09, 05:35 PM
#-oManaging and maintaining a computer network.
seriously, look into cisco courses, they are much more network liable than ms courses and with one you can demand a nice pay rise.
Dave20046
14-10-09, 05:39 PM
seriously, look into cisco courses, they are much more network liable than ms courses and with one you can demand a nice pay rise.
I've never touched cisco kit in my life, infact what do they make other than switches? Isn't it all command line?
TheOnlyNemesis
14-10-09, 06:00 PM
I've never touched cisco kit in my life, infact what do they make other than switches? Isn't it all command line?
they are slowly modernising and they sell full network kit, you get yourself qualified by them and your boss would have to give you a pay rise because it's an industry recorgnised traingin course
Dave20046
14-10-09, 06:01 PM
they are slowly modernising and they sell full network kit, you get yourself qualified by them and your boss would have to give you a pay rise because it's an industry recorgnised traingin course
I thought an MCP was an industry recognised qual too? Worth looking into I guess, I have heard modern cisco kit is 'pee easy'.
#-oManaging and maintaining a computer network.
seriously, look into cisco courses, ....
Dunno about the payrise but well worth the effort having Cisco network stuff rather than MCP (not bad having both if actually working on networks)
I thought an MCP was an industry recognised qual too?....
Err it may be but a lot of places know realise that having the certs is nothing compared to someone who does hands on
heheheheehhehe, i got insured at 18 on a 2.0l golf GTI with no ncb for cheaper than you are now :P
I'm going to hazard a guess its a business insurance rather than just social/domestic, its the reason I refuse to use my bike to visit other offices round here, I aint insured, doesn't mean I don't commute to distant offices occasionally ;)
Graciepants
14-10-09, 08:52 PM
I'm going to hazard a guess its a business insurance rather than just social/domestic, its the reason I refuse to use my bike to visit other offices round here, I aint insured, doesn't mean I don't commute to distant offices occasionally ;)
nope :p just me on my own
Dave20046
14-10-09, 09:02 PM
Dunno about the payrise but well worth the effort having Cisco network stuff rather than MCP (not bad having both if actually working on networks)
Agree, Just not sure about the cisco stuff as it's not currently relevant to my job but I'll look into it. ta
Err it may be but a lot of places know realise that having the certs is nothing compared to someone who does hands on
Indeed, I'm better practically than at the certificate stuff, been doing it a couple of years now competently a lot of the crap on the exam was pinickity theory you rarely use.
I'm going to hazard a guess its a business insurance rather than just social/domestic, its the reason I refuse to use my bike to visit other offices round here, I aint insured, doesn't mean I don't commute to distant offices occasionally ;)
Quite right, that's business cover too.
missyburd
14-10-09, 09:48 PM
Yey well done Dave :-D Now I can call you a geek without having to run off in the other direction, you've got the qualification to prove it!
Dave20046
14-10-09, 09:50 PM
Yey well done Dave :-D Now I can call you a geek without having to run off in the other direction, you've got the qualification to prove it!
Professional geek to you ;)
lukemillar
15-10-09, 01:02 AM
£1k cheaper? My insurance isn't anywhere near £1k! Ahh the pleasures of being old!!
I was feeling old the other day and then I got asked for ID for buying some booze at the supermarket! Woohoo! I'm 30 in a month :)
And congrats on the geek qualification :wink: :p
:smt026
Today I took an exam and passed so am officially a Microsoft Certified Professional, ok small achievement but never mind that - best of all my insurance renewal came for my car .......£1k cheaper :driving::money::smt023
well done Dave......or should we call you Bill?
I was feeling old the other day and then I got asked for ID for buying some booze at the supermarket! Woohoo! I'm 30 in a month :)
And congrats on the geek qualification :wink: :p
Asked for ID.
I got offered a seat on a bus - cheeky young whippersnapper.
Well done on the MS course. My engineers had to go thro' that and the CISCO. Not easy...
hindle8907
15-10-09, 09:57 AM
well done mate.
I passed my Server2003 and XP MPC a few months ago .:D
im doing exchange now .
Go to the MPC Centre and apply for your Cetificate and MPC ID card (comes with a nice little hologram logo8-))
Dave20046
15-10-09, 10:01 AM
Cheers peoples
well done mate.
I passed my Server2003 and XP MPC a few months ago .:D
im doing exchange now .
Go to the MPC Centre and apply for your Cetificate and MPC ID card (comes with a nice little hologram logo8-))
Ta, I need to do exchange and I want to do 2008 stuff too.
The certificate and ID card look like they cost money :thumbdown: Might be a tightwad and just print it out :mrgreen:
hindle8907
15-10-09, 10:17 AM
nah its free mate .
you should get an email with an mcp members centre ID you go onto there and request Starter pack .. in that you get a Real paper certificate with hologram and an mcp ID card.
Dave20046
15-10-09, 10:19 AM
nah its free mate .
you should get an email with an mcp members centre ID you go onto there and request Starter pack .. in that you get a Real paper certificate with hologram and an mcp ID card.
Actually I think I did read something like that on my pass paper, can't find it online though.
vardypeeps
15-10-09, 12:29 PM
well done fella that's great news!
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