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Five-year-old Passes Microsoft Certified Professional Exam

posted by LaminatorX on Monday November 17 2014, @12:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the kindergarten-consulting dept.

isostatic writes:

A British five year old has passed the MCP exam, proving he's both a Minesweeper Consultant as well as a Solitaire Expert. His family pretty much agree that it's just a matter of memorising the multiple choice answers: The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old. But he seemed to pick it up and has a very good memory.

When you are looking for an employee, do you look at pieces of paper that a five year old can get from memorising a few answers, or do you trust references and resumes?

 
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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 17 2014, @06:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 17 2014, @06:09PM (#116850)

    I think this proves that these exams are just a developer tax, a barrier to entry to keep people out of the profession. 5-year-olds don't have the ability to do abstract reasoning yet.

    Indeed. This is the huge elephant in the room no one is discussing. If a five year old can pass the test then how valuable is this certification, really? C'mon! I think you all know the obvious answer to this.

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