====== Stephen's Plan to Suck Less (at Software Development) ======

===== Stephen's Knowledge Portfolio Development =====

^ 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 | |

===== Completed Goals =====

^ 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 |

===== Microsoft Certification =====

See also [[microsoft_certification_goal | Microsoft Certification Goal]].

==== ASP.NET ====

^  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 |

^  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 |	

==== Windows Forms ====

^  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 |

^  MCPD: Windows Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008  ^^
| 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 |	

==== Geek Events ====

  * [[http://www.intergen.co.nz/News-Events/Intergen-Events--Seminars/|Intergen events]]
  * [[http://www.agileprofessionals.net/wellington_events|Agile Professionals Network]]

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