Ten-year-old girl is youngest ever Microsoft engineer?

[GeneValgene]

link from zdnet

 

[ShadowBlade]

:camera: 's?

 

[JoeKing]

whether to laugh or cry...

 

[AdamSnow]

That story is not as informative as the others.

She doesn't have Engineer status - she is an MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) working towards her MCSD.

The kid mentioned in the article here only has MCP. She has a lot more qualifications then him at age 9 (When she received the cert)

 

[mchammer187]

i was thinking she was actually working for MSFT

but its just a cert and not technically an engineer as adamsnow stated

while it is impressive i dont think it warrants a news story though it is just a zdnet story so i guess its alright

 

[RedCOMET]

Other than having a cert(s), can she fix my computer problems for me??

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

If she fixed your computer, would that be contrary to child labor laws?
Tas.

 

[notfred]

So she has a MCP certification, big deal. She's not actually an engineer for microsoft.

 

[dawks]

Engineer is a bad word for this. She is simply a MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional). Meaning she passed two exams on Windows XP (most likely). With questions reguarding TCP/IP, Remote Desktop, and Automated installs. She is far from an MCSE. And very very far from a computer engineer. On the other hand, being a 9 year old female, and knowing as much about Windows XP as she does is fairly impressive. Though there is the possibility she used 'brain dumps'. In which case you can pass any of these certification exams from Microsoft through Cisco, to Red Hat if you have a good memory.

I myself am an MCSE, and don't think we should be called engineers. Engineers is a term used far too much.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: GeneValgene
link from zdnet

REPOST, like 50 times and even in the news section of the site.

 

[Mo0o]

I bed she's a real looker

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
:camera: 's?

perv :roll:

 

[Otaking]

 

[wiredspider]

Haha, pass a cert and that makes you an engineer? I did all the certs in my sig in high school, a 9 year old with a little work could definately pass one of the MS test and get MCP status. MCP is just a certifed professional, you know a little about the desktop OS and you qualify!

 

[imported_Kensai]

I'm probably never going to take my certs... To me, they seem to be a waste of time when I can be neffing.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Big deal when I got my MCP the test took 4 minutes. It's not like she aced the SAT's or something

 

[MoPHo]

it says they gave her a computer...I hope she has a cable connection

 

[Anonemous]

woot! next gen outsourcing