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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. o% T$ ^7 v1 f5 a/ nRoles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:

) u% B2 o+ L; d% bSecurity 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:

& D1 v) }! {8 S8 F4 yProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

; |+ H! H( V) WRoles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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% K, R! W/ i8 ~# W) Y/ I' i/ M0 wBusiness Analysis
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Quality Assurance
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Business Intelligence
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
& i+ G! X3 N) NMCT      - average $11,723 increase
* f- Q+ K2 N! ]1 ~CCNA     - average $9967 increase
* L) D+ `% m, T5 Z# xCNE      - average $7262 increase
. F; B, L" v" E0 K6 ~MCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
. d/ X4 ~$ f' E. u* ?. bNetwork+ - average $6487 increase
1 m) d4 D6 h3 H  `A+       - average $5134 increase

; f0 @2 B; |. W3 G, [% z. nThe 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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; ], s5 k+ Z; p" A' xTop 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."
( g- F7 ?# w2 U( y. K( S8. "It worked yesterday."
% ^0 M, z0 |6 W% E5 R8 r% M, I* h7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
6 r- j7 `# n6 B1 l! ~1 C& [3 _5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
3 C" f& d: q& M( Q' Y4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
6 R0 D; Y& S" @6 x8 }. D2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"

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" E$ u9 [& q  o; B" J; B6 @. I7 }and finally ...

1. "I thought I fixed that."

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