1 / 15

People Aspirations: Why Certification Matters

People Aspirations: Why Certification Matters. Jimmy May, MCM Principal Architect, Database Microsoft Corporation. Agenda. The Why. The Journey. Certification- fu à la Bruce Lee . The Why. The Why. Competency. Community. Career. The Journey. The Journey.

zarita
Download Presentation

People Aspirations: Why Certification Matters

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. People Aspirations:Why Certification Matters Jimmy May, MCM Principal Architect, Database Microsoft Corporation

  2. Agenda The Why The Journey Certification-fuà la Bruce Lee

  3. The Why

  4. The Why Competency Community Career

  5. The Journey

  6. The Journey Conscious decision to become a geek, 1999 Kelly Temporary: Help Desk, 1999 Windows 95 Monkeybutt Company: Help Desk, 2001 SQL Server 7.0 Admin Escient: Sr. Database Administrator, 2002 MCSE & MCDBA (8 tests!) ExactTarget: Sr. Database Architect, 2004 SQL Server 2005 Certifications

  7. The Journey (continued) Microsoft Sr. Consultant Microsoft Principal Consultant MCM Microsoft Sr. Program Manager Microsoft Principal Architect MCM v.next (pending) Microsoft: TBA MCA (pending)

  8. Certification-fu à la Bruce Lee

  9. Focus On Growth Push past your limits! “There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” —Bruce Lee See for yourself 

  10. Aim Past Your Target So if you fall short, you still land in the ballpark of success. “Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” —Bruce Lee Guidance actualized 

  11. Apply What You Know Life is not about watching from the sidelines. Use what you know and put knowledge into practice. Test yourself! “Knowing is not enough, we must do. Willing is not enough, we must apply.” —Bruce Lee

  12. Make Things Happen When there is no wave, make one. “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” —Bruce Lee

  13. Attitude The following echoes all masters of success. “If you think a thing is impossible, you’ll make it impossible.” “The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.” “What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.” “As you think, so shall you become.” “Choose the positive. You have choice, you are master of your attitude, choose the positive, the constructive.” “Optimism is a faith that leads to success.” —Bruce Lee

  14. Questions?

  15. References Microsoft Learningwww.microsoft.com/learning Bruce Lee Quoteshttp://sourcesofinsight.com/bruce-lee-quotes Lessons Learned from Bruce Leehttp://sourcesofinsight.com/lessons-learned-from-bruce-lee

More Related