Certification (FYI)

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Certifications in all areas of IT consulting are becoming more prevalent, but which ones really make a difference in pay and hiring trends, here is the answer from new research and analysis at certmag.com and our own research into the 3,000+ new requests for IT consultants over the last year:

Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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- r$ O% p1 ^( B" G5 }Security Specialist - CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) Cisco Network Specialist - CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Systems Administrator - MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Breakfix hardware technician - A+ SAP Functional Expert - SAP Certification in the module required i.e. FI/CO, MM, HR, PM
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Roles where certification can help:
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Project Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

9 g' v; b7 Y* TRoles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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7 _) o$ j' `4 Q; m9 n% v1 @Business Analysis
( v7 V; b' B/ F# @: `Most Software Development
8 E. n" C; l1 x  P1 z% _Quality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence
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7 }2 B; o! s! g7 t8 @5 z8 j. rThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
2 r! g8 A/ y9 h$ Y/ w* ^MCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
( d+ C$ @& H9 u" e# WMCP+     - average $7072 increase
9 |7 f9 d8 U) {7 |1 B9 M' cCNA      - average $7061 increase
7 d5 N$ |8 Q8 @7 O& {( H3 X+ oNetwork+ - average $6487 increase
0 Q2 N2 _7 M7 O: B8 k! x; pA+       - average $5134 increase

& ^; c5 {9 R  |7 RThe only professional certification in Canada is the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P.) designation from CIPS. More information can be found at www.cips.ca/standards on this designation and the impact it can have on your marketability as a consultant.
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Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
- |0 f" C1 J2 O9. "It's never done that before."
8. "It worked yesterday."
& t% P6 S. o; _7 H, B6 ?7. "You must have the wrong version."
- j" x. ^2 {* s: m6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
- R7 F) u/ i5 b9 ]) I, k6 r5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"


and finally ...

1. "I thought I fixed that."

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