Monday, July 18, 2005

Ten year-old becomes Microsoft engineer

Arfa Karim Randhawa, age 10, has become the youngest person to be certified as a Microsoft engineer. Yes, 10. You did read that correctly. After first discovering computers at the age of five Randhawa pestered her father for a PC. She has been accepted into Pakistan's Applied Technologies advanced computer institute. Randhawa is now a Microsoft Certified Application Developer but plans to become a Microsoft Certifie Solution Developer which involves building programs into broader systems for business.

Arfa, who is from Faisalabad in Pakistan, passed her Microsoft Certified Professional examinations last year. Her future plans include Harvard, or a career at Microsoft.

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