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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8 m' L) O( }& i5 s+ m/ DSecurity 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:

( e! j5 I! x: \  uProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)
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0 M* I- p! b! _& {Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:

Business Analysis
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Quality Assurance
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4 X0 E9 I& g& Q- }1 F$ m( @The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:

; z% e2 v1 |  m, VMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase
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) L! g- p  E8 k* h( R  jThe 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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3 l0 F( K$ {  [- u$ S" UTop 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."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
2 ?$ ~" s% r* T6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
0 n. J2 F* y7 A6 ^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?"
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and finally ...

1. "I thought I fixed that."

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