http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/benefits/default.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/benefits/hire.asp

I also know of cases where the hiring of a consultant was down to two people, one certified, the other not. The certified person got the gig because of the cert. YMMV.

>I was at one time considering MVP certification, and have from
>time to time continued to.
>
>My position is this:
>
>I have been developing software for almost 20 years in a variety of
>products, with Fox/VFP for the last 10 straight.
>
>I can count on 2 hands the number of developers I'v met that
>actually have a degree, or any form of certification.
>
>What counts most to a employer is what you can do for the company
>through your experience. If a person has 10 years of solid development
>experience in a language, and no degree, and is applying for a job
>along side a person with a B.S. in CS fresh out of college with no real
>world experience, who would you hire?
>
>I'v also been consulting for 5 years now on the side, and with all the companies
>I have worked for and done business with, not one has ever asked for any credential
>such a a certification. Some list a degree in CS as a requirement, but it has always
>been a loose requirement, sort of a nice to have kind of thing.
>
>So what that leads be to beleive is that certifications are just not important to
>someone looking to have a business need met as is getting the problem solved.
>
>Therefore, my question is; Why bother with the certification at all?