I agree. The journey is much more important.

That's where SQLServerCentral comes in and I again have to thank you founders for bringing it into existance. Although the knowledge is great if you do in fact use a cert as a study driver, it will never replace the real life problems people pose here every day.

Of course, for me, the greatest satisfaction is to take something I've learned and "pass it forward" by teaching others what I've learned and then watch as they teach someone else.