I took the Microsoft 70-536 .NET Framework Foundation exam today and passed! Whew, it was kind of scary. I haven't taken an exam in over ten years, not since college.

I spent about two weeks studying. I read the MS Press book, and read it again. Then I took the tear-out objectives worksheet and typed it into Word 2007 as an outline, filling in the pertinent details of each exam sub-objective. It took awhile, almost 40 pages, but it was worth it. The test was way harder than I thought it would be, and covered some pretty obtuse topics. I'm also a VB guy and I took the test in C#. The whole way through I was thinking, "I'm gonna fail", "wait, this wasn't in the book", "I'm gonna fail". Even after the exam, when I hit the end button, I was expecting the next screen to say "You FAILED you LOSER!" But low and behold, "Congratulations, you passed."

I guess I don't give myself enough credit. My sister-in-law likes to joke that I don't just write software, I am software, it's who I am. Maybe she's right. Well, it's off to the races again for the 70-528 Web Apps exam.

MCPD:EAD here I come!