Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064138)

: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

Originally Posted by TheOnlyNemesis (Post 2064165)

haha, Microsoft suck, get some cisco certifed ftw

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064174)

For what? I don't sell cisco kit :scratch:

Originally Posted by Quedos (Post 2064214)

well done sunshine

tho would hate to see your quote before hand - what you driving Vearon?

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064163)

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.

Originally Posted by Graciepants (Post 2064231)

no you wont?! in a year you'll be 20 and 3 months :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

well done though :smt016

Originally Posted by davepreston (Post 2064233)

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 :)

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064234)

'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:

Originally Posted by madness (Post 2064259)

Well done, but what exactly have Microsoft certified you as being professional at? ;)

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064287)

#-oManaging and maintaining a computer network.

Originally Posted by TheOnlyNemesis (Post 2064293)

seriously, look into cisco courses, they are much more network liable than ms courses and with one you can demand a nice pay rise.

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064305)

I've never touched cisco kit in my life, infact what do they make other than switches? Isn't it all command line?

Originally Posted by TheOnlyNemesis (Post 2064348)

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

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064287)

#-oManaging and maintaining a computer network.

Originally Posted by TheOnlyNemesis (Post 2064293)

seriously, look into cisco courses, ....

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064354)

I thought an MCP was an industry recognised qual too?....

Originally Posted by Graciepants (Post 2064239)

heheheheehhehe, i got insured at 18 on a 2.0l golf GTI with no ncb for cheaper than you are now :P

Originally Posted by TEC (Post 2064632)

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 ;)

Originally Posted by TEC (Post 2064632)

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 ;)

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris (Post 2064745)

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!

Originally Posted by Lou M (Post 2064153)

£1k cheaper? My insurance isn't anywhere near £1k! Ahh the pleasures of being old!!

Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2064138)

: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

Originally Posted by lukemillar (Post 2064833)

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

Originally Posted by hindle8907 (Post 2064953)

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-))

Originally Posted by hindle8907 (Post 2064966)

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.