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:
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; _3 T6 o0 g; xRoles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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7 B# l1 d/ O6 KSecurity 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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/ z% D$ X* W: @# Z. d: {Roles where certification can help:
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+ L# E: a, x( o) I9 i) UProject 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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/ V( n& `4 g- N1 o. N2 n' }5 S3 ~! A2 YBusiness Analysis
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9 \0 W- i4 I9 K' CQuality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence

The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

% W( J) S& E  t* xMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
, r5 S' N- J. M& E3 b) ECCNA     - average $9967 increase
* a, l8 Y+ M6 E0 a* h- ?4 K; C; z/ ^CNE      - average $7262 increase
# G0 L) Y; O: L( u( a3 X) QMCP+     - average $7072 increase
3 _- E, M; Q. h9 ZCNA      - average $7061 increase
( J, Z* u* v0 {. }Network+ - average $6487 increase
9 i! r, h$ v/ m% iA+       - average $5134 increase
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2 H; `* L) |: l4 MThe 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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Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
2 C' H1 `* h0 f0 p( ]3 P6 V9. "It's never done that before."
1 d5 I# d; O' C2 v; k8. "It worked yesterday."
" H& p/ m0 m0 Z. s7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
( V/ u  x6 j0 _& `& G: E% Z2 ^8 n5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
! Y, D( m3 q* x/ u& O1 n4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
1 P- |; ~- p  W8 A( @2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"

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and finally ...

1. "I thought I fixed that."

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