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:

+ {2 r2 V7 P  T3 O' p- x$ J9 |Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:

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:

0 f$ O# }8 W+ dProject 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:

Business Analysis
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Quality Assurance
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Business Intelligence

; C! d- R9 J, n( OThe 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
0 [, Q5 G: C! Y3 H. {CCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
3 i; |' ~& h& Z, v% R$ s, u6 s5 zMCP+     - average $7072 increase
/ t# J; W2 q9 B: w( Y  XCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
, d6 |: x' m9 D9 Y! ?! c) y1 j/ eA+       - average $5134 increase
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5 g1 B0 J# A4 G0 `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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3 I2 T) n3 n# ^+ v6 B& @. y/ rTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

  m2 e3 `( `/ n# O4 A+ _; B10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
+ [+ D# W; z* y+ i' i8. "It worked yesterday."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
1 W# h) Q0 c7 w# i3 Z6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
5 v! N' x! p( Y/ {" d3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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$ `& P/ U' H4 V1 [& dand finally ...

# m. n% C( a: V+ s1 }# w1. "I thought I fixed that."

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