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:

/ V' x. W' y4 J+ S7 K+ |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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0 h! n9 q8 K; R* C! t! iProject 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
9 P/ c; |9 m! G" ?! I& DTechnical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

, v8 a& T% i( jMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
/ ~+ k' K: O3 N/ _+ ~& G% UMCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
9 O6 b+ |0 G5 V& n3 N2 T4 T: Y3 @CNE      - average $7262 increase
* _0 g; e3 E/ [* ]. Z& v/ GMCP+     - average $7072 increase
5 \# U2 i6 G- uCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase

5 B. h  O2 ]! M) y$ oThe 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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% n) l; R6 N) G# L& f8 TTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
6 o( a& ]3 u5 p9. "It's never done that before."
8. "It worked yesterday."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
8 ^( u( M0 L3 Z* t6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
( w$ T' D3 O" g+ B( _6 W1 Q! d5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3 f5 u3 a( X9 L& S: O3 J1 a7 I3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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