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

Roles where certification can help:
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) g5 k; r$ c3 ^* L: t) ]( _Project Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)
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0 v) i4 d" r4 f# _* }Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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Business Analysis
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Quality Assurance
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

. ^3 g+ }" }. a* H. XMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
/ u2 f0 _# Y( y! @% O2 V5 h0 E  VMCT      - average $11,723 increase
, Z2 f, K7 Y, k9 _- Z. c3 @CCNA     - average $9967 increase
% t  L8 B" K* U/ s! y" O1 ECNE      - average $7262 increase
7 _+ ^" U8 d6 k* @+ E* U2 Z* ~  BMCP+     - average $7072 increase
# p- \! E* `7 Z7 aCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase

0 ~0 d9 h  p' a! s- G  L, l7 zThe 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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0 D" c% H% K" R  x6 ~Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:
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10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
! k- T  g, s' ]% P6 j9 D" a/ Y8. "It worked yesterday."
' C3 c" l# F7 j# ^7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
2 r; Y) P7 l( D+ c5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
  w) T; I1 |- n4. "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?"


( t; H4 h$ ~! C7 A& R1 c; t5 G, gand finally ...
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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