Worlds youngest Microsoft Certified Professional

NotMe

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/232514_msftarfa14.html

Arfa (10), a promising software programmer from Faisalabad, Pakistan, is believed to be the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world.


Now that's impressive.

Gilgamesh

yeah, he's right up there with Mozart n stuff Duh!

kasintahan

Gilgamesh wrote:

yeah, he's right up there with Mozart n stuff Duh!

Evidently so are you :rolleyes:... Arfa is a girls name.

Hobbes

NotMe wrote:

Now that's impressive.

How much work is involved in getting that exam? Manager brain-think would be "If a 10 year old can do this stuff we are paying these guys too much".

Lemming

Hobbes wrote:

How much work is involved in getting that exam? Manager brain-think would be "If a 10 year old can do this stuff we are paying these guys too much".

Well, which exam did she do? There are many courses and all give the same result: "MCP".

I wont give my view on the MCP (since I have an mcp, my view isn't flattering and my boss also uses boards.ie )

Don't get me wrong, what she has done is impressive given her age and the speed at which she's progressed, and kudos to her for it.

pickarooney

^^

The article in the first post wrote:

Her programming experience so far has been as part of her studies. She has created basic Windows applications, such as a calculator and a sorting program, primarily in the C# programming language. The certification she received was as a Microsoft Certified Application Developer. She says she plans to pursue a more advanced certification, as a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, which involves building programs into a broader system for a business.

seamus

Hobbes wrote:

How much work is involved in getting that exam? Manager brain-think would be "If a 10 year old can do this stuff we are paying these guys too much".

As Lemming says, it depends on the exam. Some are a piece of piss, others can be quite challenging, theory-wise. At the end, they all give you an MCP unless you've done enough to get an MCSA (for example).

mewso

Yeah unfortunately memorizing Brain Dumps passes most of them.

causal

NotMe wrote:

Arfa (10), a promising software programmer from Faisalabad, Pakistan, is believed to be the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world.

Wonder what age she'll be when she writes her first worm
I say fair play to the kid, ahhh

causal
"Daddy daddy, I've just hacked the Pentagon - I uploaded your picture on the page of the 10 most wanted"
"OK, Arfa, ok. I'll let you watch The Simpsons. Just take down the picture"

Ivan Dunaev

well, check this out too: http://www.newtechusa.com/ppi/talent.asp

causal

Ivan Dunaev wrote:

well, check this out too: http://www.newtechusa.com/ppi/talent.asp

Didn't those same guys write Shakespeares complete works - or maybe they need more time
And their cousin made president: http://www.bushorchimp.com/
As the saying goes: If you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

causal
(apolagies for the OT post)