9-year-old earns accolade as Microsoft pro

[CubaTBird]

http://news.com.com/9-year-old+earns+accolade+as+Microsoft+pro/2100-1012_3-5793614.html?tag=nefd.ac

if she can do it... and meet bill gates... anybody can... maybe.. hehe :cool: :eek:

[Roger1]

Should I resign now, or will I have a chance to work until retirment?

[ham_man]

Meh...who wants to be profficient in Windows? Wouldn't it be better to be profficient in Unix or Linux?

[OnceUGoMac]

I think that it's neat. Good for her. She knows more than me, I must admit.

[SpaceMagic]

That's really neato. :D

I wish I had that much confidence when I was 9. I might not be sitting on my anus right now, but rather making money!

[jrv3034]

Steve Jobs should offer a reward to whomever gets her to switch to a Mac... :eek:

[After G]

Congrats to the girl.

... but with certification of people this young (9 and 8 according to the article) it makes me wonder. I haven't seen any Linux/Unix ones happening in this age group. Exactly how hard it is to get a Windows certification? And is a Linux/Unix one harder to get?

[dmw007]

Hmm...can a nine year old really be a Microsoft Pro? :confused: After all, I would not call the folks at Redmond pros - screw-ups, but not pros.

Guess, that I am just jealous :eek: I mean, who does not wish that they were pros with windoze.

[katie ta achoo]

Congrats to the girl.

... but with certification of people this young (9 and 8 according to the article) it makes me wonder. I haven't seen any Linux/Unix ones happening in this age group. Exactly how hard it is to get a Windows certification? And is a Linux/Unix one harder to get?


hmmm..
Maybe windows certification is given when you can beat a game of solitaire in under 10 minutes? That's the only thing windows users seem to do...

/has a mother that plays freecell for HOURS a day. I think that's why she won't switch to Mac! haha!

OK, OK I'll be good. I know that Windows is good for minesweeper, too! :p

[dmw007]

hmmm..
Maybe windows certification is given when you can beat a game of solitaire in under 10 minutes? That's the only thing windows users seem to do...

/has a mother that plays freecell for HOURS a day. I think that's why she won't switch to Mac! haha!

OK, OK I'll be good. I know that Windows is good for minesweeper, too! :p

Now Katie be nice ;)
Windows users can't help that they are stuck with such a piece of crap OS...oh wait, they could by switching to Mac! :D

[dmw007]

Steve Jobs should offer a reward to whomever gets her to switch to a Mac... :eek:

Yes, a nice new 2.7GHz DP PowerMac G5 w/8GB of RAM and a 30" ACD!

Then we will see how much she loves windblows xpee.

[jefhatfield]

Congrats to the girl.

... but with certification of people this young (9 and 8 according to the article) it makes me wonder. I haven't seen any Linux/Unix ones happening in this age group. Exactly how hard it is to get a Windows certification? And is a Linux/Unix one harder to get?

being an MCP, i have what is considered one of the three easiest techinical certifications to achieve (MCP, CNA, A+) but that being said, it's not easy and i can't imagine a child so young passing anyone of those three tests

the more advanced certifications like red hat linux, CCNA/CCNP/CCIE, CNE, and microsoft's MCSA/MCSE are more geared towards professionals and advanced students in the high tech field and i think the youngest advanced certified techie is a 14 year old whiz kid MCSE from australia, or so i heard when i was and MCP student back in 2000

...many a computer science graduate from university have not been able to achieve those advanced certifications and some have not passed the MCP (but to be fair, college and techinical certifications require different skill sets just like an electrical engineer is not automatically an electrician, or an aeronautical engineer is not automatically a pilot) and often in the real world, the non college techie can get paid more than the college degreed techie

[wdlove]

Congratulations Arfa Karim, a Pakistani virtuoso of Microsoft. She will have a very bright career ahead of her. That would be quite a coup it she became a switcher.

[dmw007]

That would be quite a coup it she became a switcher.

I can feel the shaking in Redmond already! ;)

[dornoforpyros]

"What she wants to do as she grows up--she would love to study at Harvard, work in a company like Microsoft and go back to Pakistan to do technology innovations in the field of satellite engineering,"


Now why is it a 9-10 year old can have more consise plans about what they wanna be when they grow up and I'm 23 and I still don't know? :rolleyes: damn over acheivers.

[Platform]

Congratulations to her.....well done ;)

Microsoft has their MCP what has Apple got :confused:

[Mavimao]

Damn Pakistanis are taking all of our jobs! :p

[20rogersc]

Why hasn't anyone told her about mac??

I suppose on the upside, there will be a lot of problems to fix, so she can easily get a good income, just from repairing virus/spyware infected pc's ;)

::20ROGERSC::

[Applespider]

/has a mother that plays freecell for HOURS a day. I think that's why she won't switch to Mac! haha!


My mother is a Freecell addict too. She has an iBook now and a copy of Freecell for OS X (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20460) which is remarkable similar to the Windows version - even has the same game numbers. ;)

[iJon]

Hell, with everything going on out there I would probably stay inside too and learn everything about a computer. But anyways, those Middle Eastern people are crazy smart, I'm not surprised at all.

jon

[yellow]

Nice. She's so l33t.

[katie ta achoo]

My mother is a Freecell addict too. She has an iBook now and a copy of Freecell for OS X (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20460) which is remarkable similar to the Windows version - even has the same game numbers. ;)


OH GOOD GOOGLY!

Time to buy that Mac mini!! *rubs hands together*

Aiee!!

She's been playing ALL THE GAMES IN ORDER.
All of them.
She's up to like.. 20k.
I give her grief about it, and she tells me that it could be worse.
:rolleyes:

[slooksterPSV]

I'm proud of her, but I'm scared - we're going to have hackers at 5 years old NOOOOOOOOOOOOO lol. A very good achievement, the thing that is just awesome IMO, is it was a a girl, you would think it would have been a boy, but it was a girl - way to go.

[MattG]

Brain washin' 'em early :eek:

[dmw007]

Brain washin' 'em early :eek:

Thats Microsoft for you.

[snkTab]

It's great that she got a certification, however as far as computer certification goes, I wouldn't put that much stock in seeing her think outside the box.

[CubaTBird]

i bet she'll start doing tv commercials for ITT Tech and Devry soon enough... :p

[iHacker]

oh so sad that that girl was only smart enough to work for Microcrap... some people just arent smart naturly... its not her fault.. :(

[G5Unit]

oh so sad that that girl was only smart enough to work for Microcrap... some people just arent smart naturly... its not her fault.. :(
It a shme some pepl arnt as smrt as mee.

[dmw007]

oh so sad that that girl was only smart enough to work for Microcrap... some people just arent smart naturly... its not her fault.. :(

It is sad, but its just the luck of the draw. ;)

[MacFan25863]

oh so sad that that girl was only smart enough to work for Microcrap... some people just arent smart naturly... its not her fault.. :(


Well, I don't know about you, but if I was offered a job at Microsoft, and the pay was good, I would take it in an instant.


Is MCP similar to A+? I have A+ cert. but thus far have not had to urge to get MCP. Maybe this will change my mind...I'm 6 years her elder, so I imagine I can do it.

[dmw007]

Well, I don't know about you, but if I was offered a job at Microsoft, and the pay was good, I would take it in an instant.


Really? I could not stand working for a company like "evilsoft". M$ would fire me on the day that I was hired for complaining about how much windows sucks and Mac OS rocks!

[Mechcozmo]

Meh. Script kiddies.

:p

[Lacero]

Shame. Not smart to switch to Macs, apparently. It's always the brightest ones who are the most misguided.

[AmigoMac]

Really? I could not stand working for a company like "evilsoft". M$ would fire me on the day that I was hired for complaining about how much windows sucks and Mac OS rocks!

:D, Yeah I wouldn't last a day... I think I'd go with my iPod and iBook to the interview. :cool:

[dmw007]

:D, Yeah I wouldn't last a day... I think I'd go with my iPod and iBook to the interview. :cool:

They would kick you out as soon as they saw your iBook, "Sorry, no computers that work are permitted on these grounds."

[iHacker]

Well, I don't know about you, but if I was offered a job at Microsoft, and the pay was good, I would take it in an instant.


Is MCP similar to A+? I have A+ cert. but thus far have not had to urge to get MCP. Maybe this will change my mind...I'm 6 years her elder, so I imagine I can do it.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! This girl probly doesnt no crap. Its probly her rich dad that pushed her ito the class! I wouldn't work for Microcrap unless they paid me enough money to buy the Apple compony. You really should work at a job you like and are getting paid for. :cool:

[jefhatfield]

Is MCP similar to A+? I have A+ cert. but thus far have not had to urge to get MCP. Maybe this will change my mind...I'm 6 years her elder, so I imagine I can do it.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! This girl probly doesnt no crap. Its probly her rich dad that pushed her ito the class! I wouldn't work for Microcrap unless they paid me enough money to buy the Apple compony. You really should work at a job you like and are getting paid for. :cool:


the CompTIA A+ is the industry's key hardware certification, and the MCP is the initial microsoft certification covering either the os, a microsoft software product, or programming

the A+ certification is one you really only need to achieve once, yet retaking A+ every few years keeps you in the loop of technology...the MCP has to get certified every few years in order to partake in microsoft's benefits and perks given to MCPs

[dsharits]

Poor kid.......

[pulsewidth947]

Meh...who wants to be profficient in Windows? Wouldn't it be better to be profficient in Unix or Linux?
Unfortunatelym not if you look at market share. I'm quite profficient with both windows and mac osx (if i do say so myself), but Ive never had to share my knowledge of OSX, but daily have to solve problems with Windows. Still keeps the money rolling in, so I dont care :)

Damn Pakistanis are taking all of our jobs!
Leave it out mate.

[Mavimao]

It was a joke. Ha.Ha.

:rolleyes: (people...)