With all the new MS stuff (2005) in beta and becoming available soon, I started thinking if it's worth to get certified in .Net.

The way I saw it, is that I got mcse and mscd (in vb6) just to get my foot in the door back when I knew zit.

Now I'm hard at work preparing myself for a whole new start next year, and even took on a really low paying job, just to have Microsoft as ex-employer on my resume.

But I'm not sure. Keep on studying the way I do now (creating pet-applications) and learn as I move on, or follow the courses (on my own) just to get certified .... is this really worth the trouble?

And if it's worth the trouble, what is better? MCSE or MCAD. I know "Solutions Developer" sounds better than "Application Developer", but the latter sounds more like what I want to do....Creating applications...

Any input will be welcome, expecially if you are involved in employee selection and give me an employer's perspective on this.

Cheers