Start the calculation one step further back. Maybe it costs 2.8 million to run those 4 sessions per year for them to break even. In an attempt to lower the bar, they’ve already cut the cost in half and eaten the 1.4 million. If so, they’ve chosen a pretty fair split – MS pays half; candidate pays half.
My point is that unless it’s free, there’s always more they can do to lower the bar…to the point of paying for lost wages and flights and hotel for anyone that wants to take the training. From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: MCM certification Don't want to keep on this thread, it's obvious that most of you are in disagreement with me. I'm OK with that. But to your comment: I think I get who the certification is targeting. My point is that I think there is a larger population out there that might be interested in and possibly be valid candidates for, this certification in mid sized shops, but the cost is prohibitive. And I understand that there has to be a fee for this. And I even agree that MS isn't really making money off this. But just doing some basic numbers (I may be way off on these figures so don't crucify me on this). If there are 4 sessions a year in any given track (SQL, Messaging, DS, etc...)That's 100 people that need to pay for the course. Thats' $1.4milliion. Even say they cut this in half, they would only be reducing their revenue by $750K per track. In terms of MS, that is peanuts. This is not a revenue stream for MS, they are just trying to recoup some of the costs. But this would open it up to a much larger pool of potential candidates. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 [email protected]<mailto:> [cid:[email protected]] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com<http://www.guardianlife.com/> From: "Andrew S. Baker" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: 02/14/2013 02:59 PM Subject: Re: OT: MCM certification ________________________________ Chris, if you look at who that certification is targeting, the ROI is very, very straightforward. Lowering the price wouldn't lower the barrier that much, and the cost of the overall process must come from somewhere. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market… On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Christopher Bodnar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Was reading this yesterday: http://blogs.metcorpconsulting.com/tech/?p=1101 And got to thinking about this again. It still bothers me that the road to this certification is artificially blocked by monetary constraints. I think the certification is difficult enough without adding that as a factor to reduce the overall numbers just to increase the "value" of this certification. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I know I wont' even consider this certification, just based on the cost. Not that I think I would pass, or that I even think I'm ready for something like this. I don't work for MS and I'm not a consultant. Which from what I've seen are the 2 primary groups of people seeking this certification. My employer would never consider this strictly based on cost and ROI. Anyone else of the same opinion? Or am I way off base here? Chris ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. 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