Oscar Trelles

Got Certified

Last week, taking advantage of Macromedia’s August Certification offer and that my primary contact for the biggest project I’m working on right now is out of town, I scheduled my test for yesterday (Friday). So, I’m now a Macromedia Certified Professional

I never really cared too much about Certifications, or any kind of tests for that matter. I believe tests can be significantly biased, and that the only way to prove one’s aptitude is through effective performance in the real world. However, given the 60% discount it was worth a try… besides, the logo looks good on the business cards.

Although I can’t disclose any particulars regarding the questions in the test, I can say that most of them are very straightforward and that there’s a healthy amount of tricky questions too. Unfortunately for me, the test included a few questions covering features I have rarely used or not used at all: I don’t know how the test works exactly, but I even got 2 questions, very similar to each other, regarding a technique I have never used… my luck.

Anyway, I now have to wait a few weeks to know what comes in the certification kit

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Update: Although I’m yet to get my “certification kit”, my name already appears in the list of Certified Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Developers at Macromedia’s web site, which makes it a little bit more official.