While at Concord, MA, I had the pleasure of chatting for a while with Certification Specialist Mike Pucket, who is also a friend of mine.  This wasn’t planned to be an interview or anything remotely similar, by the way, just a friendly chat over lunch. However,  I must admit I didn’t miss the chance to ask him a few questions about the certification process, since it’s a common concern amo...

This is the hard part for me. I really wish I had more coupons to give to each one of you that entered the giveaway, but sadly I don’t.  Five winners were chosen randomly from all the comments and emails received and they are: David Walker Mahir Abrahim Mark (It didn’t say much more than Mark, but it’s the only Mark that entered, so, yes, it’s you Mark) SteveF Prasad (same here, no other ...

That’s right! I’m giving away ten coupons for a free SolidWorks certification test. Five will be given to readers of this blog and the other five to readers of SolidWorks para Todos, my blog in Spanish.  Now the really neat thing is that once you win one of these coupons you can actually choose which of the five certification tests available you want to take: CSWP-Core Modeling Specialist: (...

My family adopted a puppy a couple of months ago. He’s a sweet and easy going dog, but given that he’s supposed to be an indoor dog, it was quickly obvious that he would benefit from some training, and so would my carpets and the rest of the family. I’ve had many dogs in the past, but I’ve never actually trained any dog before.  So we decided to take one of those puppy training classes at...

ME!!!! Just a few minutes ago, I finished taking my CSWP test and… I passed!!!! Thank you, Jesus!!! And thank you to my wonderful husband for supporting my crazy dreams!! I feel soooo tired, and sooooo happy! I’m crying, but these are tears of happiness! I still can’t believe it! I passed!!! And now to sleep for a month… If I can… ...

Oh, God!   It’s 1:30 am, on a school night, and I’m here, blogging!  But I just had to shout it to the world: I can’t believe it, but I PASSED THE CSWA! I did, I really did! I took the test tonight (last night?), after the kids went to bed, and I got 80%. I guess that’s not bad. It wasn’t easy as pie, but it wasn’t as impossible as I feared, either. I would say the test was fair for...

Well, no, that’s not me, unfortunately, but if you happen to know this person, please, send him/her over my way, so I can learn a few tricks on how to become fast enough to pass the CSWA.  But seriously,  I’ve heard so much talk about how the online certification test is a useless test that measures only how fast a drafter you are, as well as your ability in interpreting hieroglyphs, err, I ...