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:
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Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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) K" y0 Z3 R8 _% y- GSecurity 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:

7 E  e* p! J/ h5 d0 L' E& RProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)
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Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:

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Quality Assurance
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0 K" |: N* e( O* M. L8 |: r: wThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
/ i  T, f/ b. i* h5 R& d. VMCT      - average $11,723 increase
; M7 ~+ k: K2 ~CCNA     - average $9967 increase
7 w) B8 H8 u" Z5 ^9 `) OCNE      - average $7262 increase
2 B' W! o. {9 l5 E$ C8 F$ KMCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
- x# `/ }% |% ?4 w7 F$ M" _; dA+       - average $5134 increase

The 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.

Humor
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Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
4 G7 W9 f$ V5 ?+ V9. "It's never done that before."
* W; O" O! g9 F2 c8. "It worked yesterday."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
! Z% m. Z* `; y) G5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
5 u+ `0 ~8 L& i% ~1 y4. "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 ...

/ _+ G8 u0 ^* [% I) E1. "I thought I fixed that."

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