Starting Out Studying for 70-483 Microsoft Programming in C# Certification

Over the past two weeks, I've been working on studying for the Microsoft Programming in C# Certification. It's been a little bit of a struggle, figuring out exactly how to do the studying. All of my past exams have come about as part of a class. The exam is tailored to the class, so if you paid attention and did the homework and understood things as they came along, you should expect to be prepared by the time of the exam. In this case, there's just a standalone exam to prove you understand programming in C# to whatever standard they think is reasonable. And as far as I can tell, there's no way to know what their standard is without taking the exam. At the moment, I'm going through a course I found on Udemy that's supposed to prepare you for it, but I'm not sure if it really covers well enough all of the topics the exam touches on. I think taking the official practice exam will give me a good idea of how thoroughly I need to know the material, but it would be nice to know that information without having to pay for it. Hopefully, it will just be the one time and I will be able to remember, going forward, how difficult it was. Then I can study enough to feel confident that I'd pass the real exam and not have to pay for that twice. So: the plan going forward will be to finish the Udemy course I've started, then take the practice test. After that, I'll do whatever further training I feel is necessary so that I'm confident in my ability to pass the real exam. Then I'll take the real exam. And pass it. And do my annual review with my boss. And money. In case you're interested, here's some information on the materials I've mentioned: The Udemy course is called "Programming in Microsoft C# - Exam 70-483" and it's put out by Infinite Skills. Udemy seems to have pretty frequent sales and it cost me $10. The Microsoft Practice Exam is called "70-483 Programming in C# Microsoft Official Practice Test" and can be found on Mindhub. It's $99 for 30 days' access or $109 for 60 days. The actual exam is called "Exam 70-483 Programming in C#" and I'm not sure how much it costs because Microsoft's registration page is currently under maintenance. I will update this as soon as I find out.