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Namaste, Ravi-ji,
I see some dangers in appearing "smart" in meetings:
1. others may be insulted if it appears you understand their work better than they do.
2. you may be perceived as volunteering for difficult tasks.
3. management may see you as not "challenged enough" by your current job. that might embarrass your boss.
Perhaps it's safer to appear dull, or average smart, but not stupid ?
cheers, Bill
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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BillWoodruff wrote: I see some dangers in appearing "smart" in meetings:
FTFY 
/ravi
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How to survive in the Marketing Dept. For you engineers thinking of moving to marketing, it's a cut-throat environment.
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Just study a few of random Corporate B.S. Generator[^] sentences and casually mention them half-meeting.
Example:
Me: "So in conclusion I say we should rewrite the application to use NoSQL." (mentioning NoSQL gives you bonus points and stresses out other devs)
Someone else: "Yes Sander, I know what you mean, but are you sure this will... quickly supply quality catalysts for change?" (nice comeback!)
Me: "..." (can't recover, I've been defeated because this guy is so brilliant)
Explanation:
As you see "someone else" took charge of the conversation by over-bullshitting me.
NoSQL was a nice touch, but perhaps a little too specific, keep it general and vague for maximum results.
Success guaranteed 
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I disagree with #4 (invite people who don't need to be there, later ask them to leave)...
Much better is declare that you yourself don't need to be there and leave.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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Passed the 70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions exam today 
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De druiven zijn niet Azuur, gefeliciteerd 
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SSI. I still have tons of disks in my box for the Atari ST.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Great. Can you tell me all I need to know about Azure then?
We're just getting started in it.
Why did you take the exam though?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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011111100010 wrote: Can you tell me all I need to know about Azure then?
You need to know that you really don't need to know all about Azure
And still no, because there are a couple of Azure certificates and I've only got the first.
011111100010 wrote: Why did you take the exam though?
My employer wants to be "cloud only" so they've been asking for it.
And they want that because their customers are asking about it.
I've been at some other companies as well and Azure skills seem to be in demand.
On top of that I've just started my own business and I've recommended my (so far) only customer to go to the cloud, so I'm managing their Azure environment now.
Can't hurt to know a bit about it and have something to show for it
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Sander Rossel wrote: and have something to show for it
I agree. And soon it will be experience that you'll be able to show for it.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Hope so, at least what I do with my own company, but I hope other companies are more willing to hire me too with this certificate
In the past I've studied for certificates, but never did the exam.
I've got the knowledge and experience, but not the official credits, don't want that to happen again...
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Haven't you authored a few books? And your articles here? If someone won't hire you because of some certificates then you don't want to work for them anyway. 
You seem to have tons of great experience which is all you need. And character too.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Congrats
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Gratz, doing well I see
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Can you get an AWS exam and tell us the pros and cons?
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Pros: AWS is Amazon. Azure is Microsoft.
Cons: AWS is Amazon. Azure is Microsoft.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Can you get an AWS exam
I don't do requests 
I'd say the pro to Azure is that it seamlessly integrates with Microsoft products such as Visual Studio, .NET, TFS/VSTS and SQL Server Management Studio.
Having said that, I think Azure and AWS can do pretty much the same and AWS probably integrates better with other tools.
And getting AWS to work with .NET probably isn't all that difficult either
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Congrats ...
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Hey, when you get a second can you give me an update on what you've done? We are doing Azure now and I will be getting the certifications. Any tips or good places to study?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Wow, I'm not sure what's more impressing, that you remember I passed that exam this year or that you were able to find this post at page 500
Anyway, I did a course on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/70532-azure/learn/v4/overview
He also has a few practice tests: https://www.udemy.com/70532-azure-tests/learn/v4/content
I also got the official Microsoft exam reference, but I didn't actually use it.
And, of course, I got some practice.
I'm currently doing 70-533 the same way (but I believe they're retiring this one soon).
Good luck, if you have any questions let me know!
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OK, thanks.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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