Is this kid the ultimate Microsoft ubergeek?

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I have written before about child geeks, such as M. Lavinashree from Pakistan who passed her Microsoft Certified Professional exam at the age nine. At the time of writing she was busy studying for the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer exams. However, I think I may have stumbled on an even bigger, or should that be smaller, child ubergeek.

Marko Calasan, from Macedonia, is also just nine years old and also pretty keen on Microsoft certifications. So keen, in fact, that he already has four of the things! According to an interview published at young Marko is studying for a Microsoft Certified Trainer certification now.

He appears to have started off by installing and customising Windows when he was just three years old, and by the age of seven had got his MCP certification followed by a MCDST, MCSA and MCSE.

Not only am I sitting here feeling old, but I feel just a little bit inadequate as well...

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As noted, mainstream outlets ran features on the Macedonian child prodigy who attracted attention for passing professional Microsoft exams at an unusually young age. Coverage at the time included a Microsoft Windows blog post linking to the CNN piece and contemporary news roundups that discussed his achievements. (Windows Blog/CNN roundup, CIOL report quoting international coverage).

To ’s question about exam difficulty: those credentials were not light quizzes. The MCSA/MCSE paths were professional, enterprise-focused exams that map to real-world Windows Server, Active Directory, networking and infrastructure tasks — news coverage at the time even described the MCSE title as “difficult to obtain even by more veteran” engineers. Microsoft’s exam listings from that era show server- and network-oriented exam objectives rather than introductory topics. (CIOL/press coverage, Microsoft exam listings and retirement announcement).

A useful update for anyone reading this years later: Microsoft moved away from the classic MCSA/MCSE paths toward role-based certifications and retired the legacy exams in 2020–2021; old credentials remain visible on transcripts for a limited time but the badge names and routes have changed. See Microsoft’s official notice for details and recommended role-based replacements. (Microsoft Learn announcement).

Finally, later profiles compiled lists of notable young achievers that included him and noted he’d accumulated additional certificates, while local reporting in 2016 documented personal hardship after his mother’s death and public appeals for support. Media snapshots are useful, but they capture a moment — sustained mentoring, formal education and opportunity matter far more than a headline. (TeachThought profile summary 2013, local reporting 2016).

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tiger86 16 Posting Pro

Those exams are supposed to be hard?? I just took a look at them and I'm baffled that they think most people don't know the answers to those tests.

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