Comments | _cplbob: Shameless Slashdot Reprint and Star Wars Reference

_cplbob

Shameless Slashdot Reprint and Star Wars Reference

Jul 15, 2005 09:04

Microsoft's 10-year-old Certified ProfessionalMeet 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 ( Read more... )

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_jugomugo_ July 15 2005, 14:16:26 UTC

That's great and all, but MCP isn't all that impressive. If she had MCSA or MSCE, I would be impressed.

But alas, this is meant to be more of a Star Wars joke. Which, it was pretty funny.

_cplbob July 15 2005, 18:45:56 UTC

Yeah, but...she's a NINE YEAR OLD. None of the nine year olds I know have the focus or dedication to complete a certificate or take a two hour long test. (even the one's I DON'T work with) I imagine she has a domineering father that fosters this young professionalism, but maybe I underestimate the effects of her socio-political environment on her education and rearing.