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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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:

Project 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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: I  Y7 C/ d' HTechnical/Web Writing
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9 T3 Z- a6 W2 C/ p' n1 yThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
3 a, J9 l( R, A% T6 \- hCCNA     - average $9967 increase
# C; \) r, ~+ \  I( e2 OCNE      - average $7262 increase
6 h# d+ `" F! a( P/ ^' S" ]MCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
3 P2 N+ u4 l* j+ B& D1 D# L) p2 nA+       - average $5134 increase
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" F. M( y, s. d# e! KThe 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:
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1 `& i7 q% b: H( g& X10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
: P' e0 D* U9 G1 v, L" N% p8. "It worked yesterday."
* _5 R9 Q7 d+ G% l; C+ N7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
6 s+ D2 U- m5 b5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
+ F& p. k! O+ }# S# f+ I* ?4. "Did you check for a virus?"
0 N) Y+ p) P! [1 D3 K; X9 ~5 t3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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/ ^- G" i! l6 J5 n  @and finally ...
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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