microsoft corporation the largest software vendor in the world has declared that many of the present microsoft certified software engineer mcse certificates will become useless after december 31 as the syllabus for the certificate will change greatly however many certificateholders are not bothered primarily because of the slump in the job market animesh singh ceo advanced research and development labs said many have this certificate but it has not helped them get any jobs nor has it improved their salary or got them promotions these certificates are not taken that seriously by employers due to the harsh job situation people would rather go for other certificates like cisco or sun jatin nansee an mcse holder does not want to go for a new certificate since his company department longer uses microsoft products he said mcse has some value if you are a fresher but it is seen that people dont refresh their certification microsoft insists that its partners should employ mcse holders also if someone is looking for a job change then such certificates may be important but otherwise mcse is not such a great certificate since all the major servers run on unix licensing and upgradation are part of microsofts strategy to earn money as in this case too which is why many companies stop using microsoft another mcse holder ravindra krishnaji atre stated that there would be a lot of people appearing for the renewals though the result would generally very poor he said but this is a universal trend as even novell certificates are no longer valid if you are not upgrading your skills then it is a matter to be decided between your employer and yourself but if you find yourself in the open job market then you will need to have the latest skills microsoft officials stated that the reason for this change was that old technology was becoming outdated as quickly as new technology was being introduced in the computer world