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:

$ U! J  _9 ?! o) P. L+ ]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:

- b: h; l& w7 S: @Project Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)
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; n. [: W  Z! J3 [1 `, ]Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:

Business Analysis
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Quality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence

& P7 `3 P' f  N' @! DThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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! ~1 C% v0 D5 [4 O3 b' l# R! \, m' z7 vMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
+ m9 w2 }1 r% q8 X; p  f& ~MCT      - average $11,723 increase
9 o( n" P! A# t4 r4 w- F2 a8 \3 G9 |CCNA     - average $9967 increase
- ^7 X2 C) F9 kCNE      - average $7262 increase
( n* Y- A3 c3 V0 s9 JMCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
8 a- [  i- O; V+ R% O3 r2 ANetwork+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase

The 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.

Humor

Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
! m/ J4 `& g2 n4 x3 L- Z9. "It's never done that before."
) P+ u1 _! o2 v9 y& |9 @8. "It worked yesterday."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
6 z/ f( y9 y3 S# C7 |5 _6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
" V/ C1 h) A5 U1 t8 l; a3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
* F' U: h/ v& H2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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" l$ n; w. i% {and finally ...
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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