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:

/ j& L: a( l8 E& p3 eRoles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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1 u2 M/ Q$ h- HSecurity 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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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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  T  B, F6 {9 q0 j3 FQuality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence

* y5 u! A7 h' K+ r6 X6 TThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

$ a9 ]+ ]/ H0 ^$ w  B' N6 _MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
. ?; Q" O/ d! M5 K( Z. O' mCNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
( f: N. G, `2 UCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase

! o. F4 r4 x1 ^% Q' O- v5 a+ X2 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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/ k1 B4 l9 i2 {! VTop 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."
& ]% u& O8 {6 Y8. "It worked yesterday."
; K& V, [- P0 ~# w3 ]7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
2 x4 e6 b& d) G( J7 ]5 T3 i' ~' z5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
6 T1 o/ k. e4 H4 z  \3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
$ {* \3 p9 ^+ t0 U- ]2 V2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"

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: Q: C- N: }6 U# a: Mand finally ...
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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