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Matt takes certifications seriously. A lot of developers don't, myself included, unfortunately. Back in the Windows DNA days I used to teach developers how to pass the various certs, but I myself never bothered with them - now how laughable is that ? I've been working with .Net for almost 3 years now, and about every 6 months or so I say to myself - "Udi, it's time you got yourself certified." But then projects have to be completed, and the desire to go get certified wanes.

I guess that the main thing that even pushes me to certification is the fact that I know .Net. I'm not talking about demo-ware here - I've done several big, serious projects with it and covering many different aspects of development. And what irkes me is when I go to some user group and a guy gets up with a bunch of letters behind his name, that I know more about the topic of the meeting than he does ( this obviously doesn't happen all, or even most, of the time, but when it does I get really irkish, almost ork-ish actually )

Maybe if I get some slack time on the project I'm currently working on, I'll make an effort and transform myself from being "certifiable" to "certified" because, you know, the letters behind your name do make some difference, especially to the people who don't really know better - you know, those decision-maker types, the ones who sign my checks :)