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Does anyone remember the baseball hats we made a few years back - they said CertifiedRockstar, CertifiedGo-to-Guy, CertifiedMagician, and CertifiedFirefighter. We gave them out at events to MCPs, who are rock stars and magicians, as you know.

We've gotten requests to make more of these, so I wanted to know if you guys have any suggestions for what the new ones should say. Here are my ideas.

  • CertifiedBaller.Shot-caller
  • CertifiedAllthatandabagofchips

It seems highly unlikely we will see these on hats anytime soon.

It would also be cool to make a limited-edition hat just for lady MCPs. Ideas? Here are mine: CertifiedGeekgrrrl or CertifiedXOXOXAML or CertifiedForget your failover, I can't find my lipstick. I'm just kidding, of course.

If we pick your suggestion someone will send you 20 of said hats, and a bag of chips.

Published Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:46 PM by trikah@microsoft.com

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Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:17 PM by Larry West, MCSD, MCPD, MCITP, MCTSx5, et al.

# re: Certified Something

  Certified

In

Networking,

Software

And/or other

Noteworthy

Enterprises

Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:18 PM by Leonardo

# re: Certified Something

My ideas are:

- CertifiedPowerInUrShell

- CertifedG-2-P-2-O

- Certified-2-Be-Certified

...will send more when i think of them.

Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:48 PM by gomcse2002

# re: Certified Something

My 2cents are :

Certified IT Geek from Microsoft

MS IT Certified Professional in Canada

Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:56 PM by Wayne Anderson

# re: Certified Something

CertifiedCommunicator

CertifiedEnterpriseCommunicator

CertifiedGeek

CertifiedMoney

CertifiedSupergeek

CertifiedLeader

CertifiedTechie

CertifiedSupertech

Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:06 PM by Mike

# re: Certified Something

CertifiedCertifiable

Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:14 PM by Samuel Campos

# re: Certified Something

Certified SysAdmin

Certified Latam Guy (only for latam residents :P)

Certified Blogger

Certified NetAdmin

Certified Speaker ( for the one who make conferences)

Certified ... oh yeah!!!

Certified ... isn't??

Certified ... Finally!!

Certified ... Beast Breaker !

Certified ... 2k8'ers :P

Certified ... Winner!

That all :D

Regards from Chile

Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:15 PM by Michael D. Alligood

# re: Certified Something

Certified Yawn

Certified NoNotReallyJustJoking

Certified MmmHmm

Certified brb

Certified drooler

Certified whoisNIC?

Certified 80sBrat

Certified huh?

Certified CertifiedbecauseIpassed2exams

Certified SingleWhiteMale

it just keeps going... But I am blogging this. :-)

Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:25 PM by Michael D. Alligood

# re: Certified Something

Oh and...

Sahurtifeyed Spheller

Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:41 PM by Michael D. Alligood

# re: Certified Something

Certified plz.k.thx

Certified k.thx.buhbye

Certified IfYouWantMyBodyAndYouThinkImSexy

Certified Kool Aid Drinker

Certified ... I think I am done for now. No really.

Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:14 PM by Srinath Kannan

# re: Certified Something

Certified Made my mark

Friday, September 14, 2007 3:15 AM by James

# re: Certified Something

Certified-coffee-drinker

Certified-9to5-er

Certified-live4-weekends

Certified-BSoD-headscratcher

Certified-pin-owner

Certified-vista-lover?

Friday, September 14, 2007 4:03 AM by dave

# re: Certified Something

Certifiable

Certified Sane (are you?)

Friday, September 14, 2007 5:45 AM by Roel Janssens

# re: Certified Something

In Europe we don't do baseball, so we don't wear hats ...

Friday, September 14, 2007 6:41 AM by Alfred Myers

# re: Certified Something

Certified *.*

Serial Certified

Certified Whatever

CertifiedMySpaceBarIsBroken

Certified Coffee Junkie

:)

Friday, September 14, 2007 8:03 AM by Larry West, MCSD, MCPD, MCITP, MCTSx5, et al.

# re: Certified Something

Just realized my "Certified I.N.S.A.N.E." probably wouldn't fit on a hat (but would make a nice t-shirt), so I am suggesting the following:

"Certified Bug Squasher"  [get a free ant with every hat after a background check!]

"Certified Know-It-All"

"Certified, so of course I'm better than you"

"Certified, so you gotta love me"

"Certified? You damn right I am"

"Certified? How did you know?"

"Certified with a Longhorn"

"Certified Universal Serial Bus Driver"

"Certified Friend"

"Certified" [with a downarrow pointing to the person wearing the hat]

"certified computer god"  [use small letters or all caps so as not to offend anyone]

In most of the world:

"Being Certified is better than Sex" [not really]

but in Chicago and Boston:

"Being Certified is better than Sox"

and finally, since we're talking baseball:

"Being Certified is better than being a Mariners Fan"

For the lady MCPs:

"Certified Professional (no, not that profession)"

"Certified in the newest profession, not the oldest"

"Certified Women Make Better Lovers"

"100% Certified Woman"

"Certified and a Woman - so I can do it all!"

Friday, September 14, 2007 9:09 AM by John O. Edwards (john@jkbj.net)

# re: Certified Something

Certified Penguin Slayer

Certified GPO Juggler

Certified Load Balancer

Certified Restore Point

Certified MOTO

Certified End User

Certified Beta Tester

Certified KTSI (Keyboard To Seat Interface)

Certified.MSI

Certified It's a Microsoft Thing

For the one who is not sure what they passed

Certified 70-Something or Certified 70-???

And for the one who has passed them all

Certified 70-xxx

And here's one for Trika...

Certified Booth Babe

or is it geek???

Friday, September 14, 2007 9:52 AM by R

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Certified ToiletInspector

Friday, September 14, 2007 12:33 PM by Mike Cavel

# re: Certified Something

Certified "Old Guy"

Certified "Old School Guy"

Certified in 2 Centuries

Friday, September 14, 2007 2:01 PM by Kelly Johnson

# re: Certified Something

Certified Chief cook & Bottle Washer

Friday, September 14, 2007 3:13 PM by TJ Casser

# re: Certified Something

CertifiedVoodooPriest

CertifiedWitchDoctor

CertifiedJackOfAllTrades

Figured the magic theme could continue... ;)

Friday, September 14, 2007 4:07 PM by Larry West, MCSD, MCPD, MCITP, MCTSx5, et al.

# re: Certified Something

Okay, my final list (I think):

Certified Baseball Cap   [some Europeans wouldn’t understand this]

Certified Thinking Cap   [hopefully, most Europeans would understand this]

Certified Dunce Cap

Certified Cap Wearer

Certified Something   [title of blog entry wouldn’t be bad on a cap]

Certified Expert

Certified Smart

Certified Intelligent

Certified Savant

Certified Brain

Certified Pinky    [the other part of the cartoon duo]

Certified, So Give Me A Raise

Certified Pizza Eater  [you might even get Papa John’s to pay for them]

Certified Lover     [what we are]

Certified Genius    [also what we are]

Certified Thinker   [what we are paid to do]

Certified Guesser   [let’s be honest - what we really do]

Certified Bullshitter   [let’s be even more honest]

Certified Chair Warmer  [let’s be really, really honest]

Certified Presidential Candidate  [If Kucinich and Hunter can run, why not each of us?]

Certified Do-er

Certified Be-er

Certified Do Bee   [anyone remember Romper Room?]

Certified Beauty  [for the women]

Certified Drop Dead Gorgeous  [also for the women-belongs on Trika’s head]

Certified Handsome   [male equivalent of above two-belongs on my head (yeah, right)]

Certified Good Looking  [unisex version of above three]

Certified Male   [almost what comes up when you type "Certified" in Word.]

Certified Rawker

Certified, but not in Windows ME

Certified: Deserves More Money

Certified Overworked and Underpaid

Certified Work of Art

Certified: Needs a Life

Certified Used Engineer

Certified Since 1857

Certified Slide Rule Engineer

Certified Preowned Nexus

Certified case "Basket":   [that’s certified basket case for you non-programmers]

Certified Prometric Basher

-- Have a good weekend, y'all. Have fun choosing, Trika.

Friday, September 14, 2007 6:40 PM by Nemo

# re: Certified Something

Certified Magician (a magician’s top hat)

Certified Fire-fighter (a mock fire-fighters hat)

Certified Safe Hands (with 2 of those clapper hands on top)

Certified Wiz or Certified Gandalf (a wizard's hat)

Certified Miyagi (Who of us who is certified does not sensei a Daniel son or daughter, a karate kid style bandana)

Certified MicroFolk

Certified 1 of 2,149,006

Certified EHLO Communicator

Certified To Infinity + 1

Certified Quarterback

Microsoft, Certifying Wiz Kids Since 1998

Friday, September 14, 2007 8:37 PM by Guillermo Taylor

# re: Certified Something

Certified Geek

Certified Samurai

Certified Microsoft Guru

Certified...  And you?

(interested?  ask me how)

Certified. And nothing else matters...

Certified after 2 days without sleeping

Certified Master Chief

Certified, alive and kicking

Friday, September 14, 2007 11:36 PM by Michael D. Alligood

# re: Certified Something

What did you do Larry, go through the dictionary?!? :-)

Ladies and Gentleman, the winner is:

<b> <i> Certifed Monkey </b>

Because we all no it is just a matter of time. </i>

Thanks to Vlad for the inspiration.

Trika, not sure if your blog accepts HTML. But true geeks understand!

Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:19 AM by AdamV

# CertifiedHatLogos

From those above,

Certified.Geek,

Certified.OldSchool and

Certified.JackofAllTrades are great

Certified.UpToMyNeck (sounds like a lot till you think about it)

Certified.ToTheHilt

Certified.You'reNot?

Certified.WhereItCounts

Certified.SmartA$$ (or SmartAlec)

Certified.KnowItAll

Certified.ToFixWhatYouBroke

Certified.OKtoProceed  (as in "Click OK To Proceed")

Certified.IKnowWhereTheAnyKeyIs

Certified.ButIHaven'tMetBill

Certified.AndSleepDeprived

For guys

Certified.AndHandsome

or Certified.WhoCaresIfI'mNotHandsome

For the girls:

Certified.Multi-tasker

For those with a :Security cert:

Certified.ToBlockYourPorts

(hmmm...maybe not)

For your boss:

Certified.PHB  (for the IT manager with no technical certs. Maybe did a time-management course once, and has a swimming badge from high school as his greatest resume achievement. You don't have to tell him what PHB means, make something up.)

Just to clarify - when you say "chips" I assume you mean what we Brits call "crisps". If you send a bag of chips through the post the vinegar will soak through the newspaper by the time they arrve.

Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:39 AM by trikah@microsoft.com

# re: Certified Something

Excellent. Keep 'em coming. Your fine work is cause for great hilarity on 3rd floor of Building 18...

Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:56 PM by Mark Parris

# re: Certified Something

Certified - Full of IT.

Certified - Guru

Certified - 2008 AD

Certified - Educated Guess.

Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:02 PM by Mark Parris

# re: Certified Something

Certified Insomniac

Certified Contortionist

Certified  - I should be.

Certified - Hulk Rider

Certified Teaboy

Certified Gopher

Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:14 PM by Mark Parris

# re: Certified Something

Certified 11111011000   (2008)

Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:36 PM by M@rTIn X

# re: Certified Something

Certified-Jedi

Certified-Jedi Master

Certified-Yoda

I Certified-Xtreme Powered by Geek

Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:55 PM by Hunter French

# re: Certified Something

Certified-Taken for Granted

Certified-Man Behind the Curtain

Certified-IT Magician

Certified-DoeroftheImpossible

Monday, September 17, 2007 8:25 AM by Arie de Haan

# re: Certified Something

Certified, but otherwise sane

Certified braindumper

Certified by MS, who else

Certified, wanna know how deep it goes?

Certified - EOM

Certified, but where is my life?

Certified, technically. Where can I practice?

Certified, but what the heck is a Tick Van.

Certified. Worldwide recognized.

Monday, September 17, 2007 10:45 PM by Hunter French

# re: Certified Something

"Certified braindumper" is awesome. lol

Monday, September 17, 2007 10:51 PM by Hunter French

# re: Certified Something

Certified, Stop 0x0000000A

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 1:07 AM by Isaac O

# re: Certified Something

Certified:Make My Day

Certified:Ask Me Why

Certified:Show me the Money

Certified:Bring It On!

Certified:Ask Me a Question

Certified: I Deserved It!

Certified:Where is the Competition

Certified: Ready for The Interview

Certified: Can't you see

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:18 PM by Chance

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Certified Caffeine Conessieur (spell check that one)

Certified Spellchecker

Certified...and lovin' IT!

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:42 AM by Jason C.

# re: Certified Something

Certified. Will work for caffeine.

Certified Super Hero

Certified Web Searcher

Certified MCSomethingorother

Certified AND I know what I'm doing

Certified (Bill and I go way back)

Relax, I'm Certified

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:55 AM by Dave (UK) .. Waiting to find out that 70-649 result.

# re: Certified Something

Hmm, based on my day-to-day work, I would say... The caps I would deserve/be forced to wear the most are:

Certified / Saviour of IT

Certified / Network monkey

The ones I want to have the most:

Certified / Microsoft NiNjA

Certified / I am, you're not.

The ones I would most enjoy making my 1st and 2nd line wear:

Certified / IT lackey

Certified / By Microsoft. D'oh.

I really want "I am, you're not". I would wear it everytime my boss asks me a stupid question and doesn't take "trust me, I'm right on this one" as an answer for.

There is of course the ultimate:

Certified / To read your email

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:33 AM by Dave (UK) .. Waiting to find out that 70-649 result.

# re: Certified Something

Certified / To get jiggy with it

Certified / Enough to ask for a payrise

Certified / By Chuck Norris

Chuck says we need new servers... then we need new servers.

Certified / To delete your mp3s

Certified / To url-block facebook

Certified / To Fix the shredder

Certified / But don't ask

Certified / To fix a crisis

Certified / To make it happen

That's it. I'm all done. Back to fixing the shredder .. again :o(

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:58 AM by Hermine Turner

# re: Certified Something

Certified Technical Diva

Certified and Able = Certifiable

Certified 11111001100 (1996)

Certified in Everything

Certified in Love

Certified Binary Translator

Certified but wanting more

Certified Today, Tomorrow the World

Certified at Birth

Certified, Compiled and Bug-Free

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:07 PM by trikah@microsoft.com

# re: Certified Something

Here is my new favorite.

Certified As

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:29 PM by Larry West, MCSD, MCPD, MCITP, MCTSx5, et al.

# re: Certified Something

Trika: You know somebody is going to add an extra S to your "Certified As".

And if you offer that one, you should also offer a "Certified Elephant" for equal political time.

--

You bet your sweet as I'm certified.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6:22 PM by Liza Furr

# re: Certified Something

I had fun reading all the suggestions, but I would LOVE to have a hat that said "Certified Geekgrrrl," "Certified Allthatandabagofchips," or "Certified MCSomething"!

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 9:09 PM by Alice

# re: Certified Something

I saw a job listing a couple days ago for a "Network Wizard". Just realized that would work nicely for this... could have several variations for different specialties.

MCSE/MCSA: Certified Network Wizard

MCSE/MCSA: Certified Server Wizard

MCSE+S/MCSA+S: Certified Security Wizard

MCSE+M/MCSA+M: Certified Email Wizard

MCDBA: Certified Database Wizard (or Certified Data Wizard)

MCDST: Certified Support Wizard

MCDST: Certified Workstation Wizard

MOS/MSBC: Certified Office Wizard

MCPD/MCSD/MCAD: Certified Code Wizard

General: Certified Tech Wizard

General: Certified Computer Wizard

(* match corresponding MCTS/MCITPs to each - didn't include them, to stay concise)

Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:25 PM by Poastwhore

# re: Certified Something

Certified ----> Forum 'Poaster'

Friday, September 21, 2007 2:09 AM by Arie de Haan

# re: Certified Something

Certified; I Grok

Friday, September 21, 2007 6:33 AM by Filip (itpro@onet.pl)

# re: Certified Something

Maybye, something different to show our engagement as IT qualified stuff

Certified --> How can I help you ?

Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:18 AM by Jason

# re: Certified Something

Certified SMRT.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:33 AM by Forrest

# re: Certified Something

After watching the premiere of Heroes last night how about

Certified Hiro

or

Certified Hero

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:45 AM by Ed

# re: Certified Something

Don't know what everyone calls you guys, but

Certified Computer Guy (or Gal)

probably covers what most of us get called (that's repeatable :) )

Certified Scapegoat

also works...

How about

Certified It worked before you touched it.  :)

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:22 PM by Ed

# re: Certified Something

Or better yet...

Certified Did U Reboot?

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:50 AM by Ed

# re: Certified Something

Maybe simpler is better...

Certified :)

or

Certified :P

:)

Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:04 PM by Jurgen

# re: Certified Something

Certifired?

Wednesday, October 03, 2007 3:27 PM by trikah@microsoft.com

# re: Certified Something

MOre suggestions received via e-mail

Certified super brain

Certified turn off guy

Certified man in the middle

Certified powernapper

Certified cheater

Certified supreme commander

Certified ctrl-alt-del pusher

Certified water-proof

Certified so what?

Certified beauty

Certified superman

Thursday, April 10, 2008 4:25 PM by "So, a booth babe and a geek walk in to a bar..."

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For starters, I'll be there. Something else is that we're having weekend certification events, if you

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