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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! T: D, ?/ z% c( B# _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:

: b  U. h0 \+ A6 r: Z! KProject 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:

Business Analysis
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Quality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
5 k$ k% L% y. N2 w! R2 c* CMCT      - average $11,723 increase
  [7 P5 B4 `" DCCNA     - average $9967 increase
; z0 s: N5 C9 j8 A1 D8 lCNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
9 v, E' L( P# g# j8 D2 `  [" ]CNA      - average $7061 increase
  B  c/ A( I& V, ~5 ~Network+ - average $6487 increase
2 v9 d) K- y, n3 }A+       - average $5134 increase

3 q- J& N$ o, `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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Humor

Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:
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( U! S: X  I- m( S3 r+ Y: s10. "That's weird..."
. A6 g, Z0 n; \% F% d; S9. "It's never done that before."
8. "It worked yesterday."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
  T. ]) B4 p3 `& V* N$ M. \( |) ?5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
7 r/ r" I& d* s4 s3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
* j6 n$ q" h' `' b2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"

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and finally ...
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. N& x6 o+ E% c4 e$ h3 p1. "I thought I fixed that."

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