http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Articles tagged Miscellaneous, Programming, Career posted on SQLServerCentral.comen-us360sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)In his travels, Christopher Duncan has come to recognize a great many similarities between programmers and musicians. Both have the fire, passion and soul of the artist. And all too often, both are aweful when it comes to the business end of things. Business - you know, that aspect of your work where they actually pay you at the end of the day? http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/thisisbusiness/922/2003/02/25http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/thisisbusiness/922/Andy talks briefly about why the company he works for has decided to require all developers to obtain the MCSD, then takes a look at the book they chose for the initial round of study for the first exam. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/reviewofdevelopingwindowsbasedapplicationsforvbnet/852/2002/11/26http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/reviewofdevelopingwindowsbasedapplicationsforvbnet/852/Andy says it's not the greatest book for preparing for the 70-100 exam, but the case study is worth reading for it's explanation of the Microsoft Solution Framework. Read the full review! http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/analyzingrequirementsanddefiningsolutionarchitectu/561/2002/01/02http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/analyzingrequirementsanddefiningsolutionarchitectu/561/Should you use this book to prepare for the 70-100 exam? Read the review and find out! http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/70100mcsdarchitecturesexamcram/562/2001/12/26http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/70100mcsdarchitecturesexamcram/562/