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 ====== Stephen's Plan to Suck Less (at Software Development) ======
-===== Weekly Schedule =====
+===== Stephen's Knowledge Portfolio Development =====
-==== Upcoming ====
+^ Principle ^ Goal ^ Target ^
+| Study other articles | Study 'Design Principles and Design Patterns' | 9 August 2009 |
+| Microsoft Certification | 4+ hours exam study () | Week ending 23 August 2009 |
+| Keep stuff in brain | Update exam question recordings | 16 August 2009 |
+| Study magazine articles | Study July's MSDN magazine articles | 16 August 2009 |
+| Study magazine articles | Study August's MSDN magazine articles | 30 August 2009 |
+| Study a book a quarter | //The Pragmatic Programmer// | End of October 2009 |
+| Learn one new language a year (and do something useful with it) | Perl | End of 2009 |
+| Microsoft Certification | Pass 70-528 exam | End of 2009 |
+| Study a book a quarter | //The Mythical Man Month// | End of January 2010 |
+| Study a book a quarter | //Code Complete 2// | End of April 2010 |
+| Microsoft Certification | Pass 70-562 exam | End of June 2010 |
+| Microsoft Certification | Pass 70-564 exam | End of 2010 |
+| Attend local user group events | Keep an eye on [[http://www.intergen.co.nz/News-Events/Intergen-Events--Seminars/|Intergen events]], [[http://www.dot.net.nz/UserGroupPages/ChristchurchNET.aspx|Christchurch .NET User Group]] and [[http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/Home|Canterbury Software Cluster]] events. | (On going) |
+| Read blogs | Keep reading Coding Horror. | (On going) |
+| Podcasts | Keep listening to Stack Overflow's podcast. | (On going) |
+| Learn new stuff | SOLID Principles | |
+| Learn new stuff | Unit testing (NUnit?) | |
+| Learn new stuff | Build something with Microsoft MVC framework | |
+| Learn new stuff | Build something using jQuery | |
-^ Week Ending ^ Task ^ Progress ^ Achieved ^
+===== Completed Goals =====
-| 2 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | M 81m T 61m W 45m | |
-| 2 August 2009 | Update exam question recordings | | |
-| 2 August 2009 | Read 'Design Principles and Design Patterns' | | |
-| 2 August 2009 | Create exam question lucky dip | | |
-| 9 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | |
-| 16 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | |
-| 23 August 2009 | 7+ hours exam study | | |
-==== Previous ====
+^ Principle ^ Goal ^ Target ^
+| Microsoft Certification | 6+ hours exam study (5.9 H) | Week ending 16 August 2009 |
+| Microsoft Certification | 6+ hours exam study (6.2 H) | Week ending 9 August 2009 |
+| Keep stuff in brain | Update exam question lucky dip | 9 August 2009 |
+| Keep stuff in brain | Update exam question recordings | 2 August 2009 |
+| Microsoft Certification | 7+ hours exam study (7.2 H) | Week ending 2 August 2009 |
+| Keep stuff in brain | Create exam question lucky dip | 2 August 2009 |
-^ Week Ending ^ Task ^ Achieved ^
+===== Microsoft Certification =====
-| 2 August 2009 | Pick which book to read next | Yes |
-===== Goals =====
+See also [[microsoft_certification_goal | Microsoft Certification Goal]].
-==== Current Committed ====
+==== ASP.NET ====
-  * Complete 70-536 exam.
+^  MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 ASP .NET Applications  ^^
+| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
+| Exam 70-562 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development |
-==== Future Uncommitted ====
+^  MCPD: ASP.NET Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008  ^^
+| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
+| Exam 70-562 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development |
+| Exam 70-564 | MCPD Requirement: PRO: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 |
-  * Write Buckets front end with MVC framework.
+==== Windows Forms ====
-  * Complete 70-528 exam (to get MCTS)
-  * Successfully submit a patch to an open source project.
-===== Language of the Year =====
+^  MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Forms Applications  ^^
+| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
+| Exam 70-505 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Forms Application Development |
-^ Year ^ Language ^
+^  MCPD: Windows Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008  ^^
-| 2009 | ?? |
+| Exam 70-536 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation |
+| Exam 70-505 | MCTS Prerequisite: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Forms Application Development |
+| Exam 70-563 | MCPD Requirement: PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 |
-===== Books to Study =====
+==== Geek Events ====
-  - The Pragmatic Programmer
+  * [[http://www.intergen.co.nz/News-Events/Intergen-Events--Seminars/|Intergen events]]
-  - The Mythical Man Month
+  * [[http://www.agileprofessionals.net/wellington_events|Agile Professionals Network]]
-  - Code Complete 2
-===== Articles to Study =====
-  - Design Principles and Design Patterns - Robert C. Martin
-  - Pablo's SOLID Software Development (eBook)
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