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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Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:

$ r6 ]% e7 P' ?: m1 Q8 L' ^: oSecurity 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:

5 t2 v4 c9 f; eProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

* R1 P5 t! g, e* d* J+ uRoles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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Business Analysis
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7 b: l9 g! R, \& v' g. K( _2 T$ O- mQuality Assurance
Technical/Web Writing
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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- h! o1 `2 x- F2 u# C% @' d6 oMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
% K1 S# V' t6 q! SMCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
0 R3 W  `8 f+ Y5 {) v: H  g; p, TCNA      - average $7061 increase
8 X* [0 q+ O6 M3 Y! t$ y, DNetwork+ - average $6487 increase
1 n% j0 W& M7 R# bA+       - average $5134 increase
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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

( D& i# g+ Y9 P/ eTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:
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10. "That's weird..."
. l3 v. _  z3 f2 Q/ b9. "It's never done that before."
1 M  y- ^$ K% m7 P! e% N8. "It worked yesterday."
) f% p  w& z. p7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5 T% g' U* h3 @' {5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
! x( d4 U: `  c! k+ S2 y4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
+ g8 i1 E, a$ r; Y) m2 T2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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! j% U/ @. W; p/ w9 F' Cand finally ...
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4 T  T% Y7 N, I8 h+ d7 B) G' N1. "I thought I fixed that."

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