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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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:

6 W$ Q% C2 {* L1 H. i% MProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:

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Quality Assurance
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
  Q( V" K9 a) q9 t. S8 a& h- VMCT      - average $11,723 increase
. x" h5 H- n  C+ ~CCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
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Network+ - average $6487 increase
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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.
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4 O5 _% }) x0 z, E/ W6 p. u( iTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:
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4 c' j4 P" u- f% @0 ^10. "That's weird..."
' B" V1 S2 w# {3 Q- m% t9. "It's never done that before."
' g. M6 s) q1 G/ m+ A3 I% W8 K8. "It worked yesterday."
9 q! A8 O7 M  d- B* a1 i9 z7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
1 [& o* |, j) j  U7 ^6 U4. "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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