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:

+ G/ e/ V9 R+ g* H; fRoles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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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

Roles where certification can help:

Project Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

) a: K- V% Z* U! _" h7 N6 D! JRoles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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Most Software Development
Quality Assurance
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7 Y& J: \9 @) Y" ~* IBusiness Intelligence
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+ L& a2 W) D1 F1 e# NThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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( Y, p; M, O6 w. ^% g9 L+ n8 l" z% Z, uMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
- g% u8 r6 u5 ]$ lCCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
! d: q; f/ n& ^MCP+     - average $7072 increase
, l( ?$ u& }! X+ y0 xCNA      - average $7061 increase
6 C9 c, _) V7 R, S: E2 uNetwork+ - average $6487 increase
; T% q6 w3 Q+ sA+       - average $5134 increase
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; S( V  s% V9 o( J4 FThe 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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& G  ~% C+ F! T& ~1 y5 v! d& ?4 h1 ITop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

& S) w* Z" e+ L0 I1 ~! L# l10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
* A0 R) a. [7 D8. "It worked yesterday."
) N, f# z' [$ `' l- A( R0 Y7. "You must have the wrong version."
/ d/ E& N) E6 p6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
% @* ?5 e, ~, s6 L: e" U! f5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4 }; d. D- Q: g7 w) k( ~, C' v) [: A4. "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?"

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and finally ...
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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