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Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified Professional

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the snagging-them-young dept.

idigjazz writes "Meet Arfa, a promising young software programmer from Faisalabad, Pakistan, who is believed to be the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in the world. She received the certification when she was 9. During a recent meeting with Bill Gates, she presented him with a poem she wrote that celebrated his life story."

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  1. it sounds by javilon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Like a story from the simpsons.

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    When his defense asked, "Which computer has Jon Johansen trespassed upon?" the answer was: "His own."
  2. Slightly Off-Topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Funny though how non-English speaking people shiver when they hear words like story/herstory where indeed the word history should be used. In Bulgarian, for instance, the word is 'istoriya', just like the greek word where your derived word 'history' comes from. Here is more on the subject. I have a suggestion: change the word to 'istory' instead, thus satisfying the feminists, if that is at all possible. I suspect Her Majesty the Queen of England might have some objection to that, but alas, such is life, anything for equality, right?

  3. Re:So what does this say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is the true value of a Microsoft Certification.

  4. Re:So what does this say? by yogkarma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hi All,

    Certification is something like joining some religion.

    You can write hello world program in C, C++, Java, ASP, PHP etc. Based on your requirment and need you can select all and do every thing you want. Look at php/mysql and look at asp/sql server. tones of example.

    The point is about logic (THE GOD). The language (Technology) is like religion and we all fight for that. We fight in campus, meetings and in technology fair.

    If you look at Aisa Pac. parents thinks western technology is every thing. And there is nothing in their country. Like India,Pakstan and China.

    The real issue is AisaPac people thinks that life, oppertunity and money are in western part of the world. And we all know how this technology company works.

    So you will see all kind of certification done by 9, 10 or 7 year old kids. After all the company needs working ants. Trust me fees to pass this certification is not a small amount in Pakistan and India. But still people do that. It's like giving costly offering to Technology GOD. The new world is coming with new GOD and new fight. This is the time we can see real naked eye how new cast, hierarchy and division could be form in material world.

    Are you ready for new UNTOCHABLES?

    Certification is gimmicks and they keep live only one thing and that is technology hype.

    Thanx,
    Yogkarma