So, I get a call yesterday as I am trying to run out the door. It is my recruiter...the guy who hooks me up with contracts.

Hi, I am RAD Moose and I am a contract programmer =)

He has a position in the Health Care industry dealing with Access programming. Now, if you have worked with me in the past, you know that Access is not the highest on my list of exciting things to do, but I have done a fair amount of it. So, since I haven't done it in a paid position in a couple years I had to take a test for Access 2000. Mogers hate taking tests.

It is about 4pm and I have to take the test by 8am. But I am heading out the door...argh! Get back home, and start taking the test about midnight....

It was a timed test on Brainbench. 40 questions, 180 seconds (3 min) each.. I have up to 2 hours to take the test, plus one optional 15 minute break. While I was taking it, I noticed that a bunch of the questions really had nothing to do with Access 2000, at least in the real world. What are ASP questions doing in an Access 2000 quiz? Who really uses Windows 95 or 98 anymore?

Do the quiz and of course, I needed to um, use the little moose room =P... yeah, remind me to do that BEFORE I start a timed test. So I took the optional 15 minute break a little over halfway thru the quiz. I feel like I am failing this quiz. But I try to relax and just do my best. It isn't the end of the world if I fail. I sit back down and finish the quiz. I am tired... had a great night out but also lots on my mind... I feel that I have failed.

Total elapsed quiz time 33:41. (Does not include break.)

Wake up this morning and check my email and find out that I passed with a score of 3.14 (83% better than most people who have taken the quiz.) I am condidered "proficient" at Access 2000. yay.

So, now I wait to hear if I start on Monday.