Good bye MCSDs ...
With the advent of framework 2.0 a lot of changes were expecting including MS certifications like MCAD and MCSD. This week microsoft introduces next generation certifications. I'll prefer to upgrade myself to MCPD and proceed for MCA then. Of course people can work and upgrade their skills without certifications but these are the things that put you on the way what called standards. Just ask ten people to write a simple application using Java or C#, you could easily understand and debug the code of a certified developer.
One thing is missing in MCPD exam and that is the comprehensive theory of Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX) technologies for developing interactive web pages. There is not only AJAX but a lot of techniques available on web to make hidden requests to get data from a server. Some people use XMLHttpRequest and then using DOM present the the information, some use remote scripting. To be honest i never used any of these techniques instead i always used iFrames whenever needed. In near future i would definitely use Atlas.