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:

" Q  G- p- Y7 n' mSecurity 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)
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Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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Most Software Development
0 E0 u$ v& y  {0 }1 o. T, CQuality Assurance
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Business Intelligence

4 i6 W; i* R  H/ T; x! HThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

& P- ~; |# r& I$ I* k8 W8 GMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
+ V, n4 N. E7 k( P' v" ~7 tCCNA     - average $9967 increase
1 B' c9 `% ]3 [/ S7 _+ G! QCNE      - average $7262 increase
" P8 V3 A! v+ UMCP+     - average $7072 increase
! P& l8 p# C! d; B+ P# ?3 ]- mCNA      - average $7061 increase
; ^, I- n( t7 X, U; dNetwork+ - average $6487 increase
1 v! m# r2 i/ z! zA+       - average $5134 increase

6 m% b, L' h1 X  TThe 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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# E4 S# h# h# l+ {* hTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
8. "It worked yesterday."
* i3 u: Y; a) T7. "You must have the wrong version."
- J9 p0 y( m# x, ], n/ O: M5 B! y6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "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?"


' X( \8 b% Y* i8 {$ w! m$ Fand finally ...

. M( x; a, W: ]9 U) Q7 `1. "I thought I fixed that."

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