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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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
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Roles where certification can help:
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Project Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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2 H7 H; O% {8 s# L$ I) g" p+ g. WBusiness Analysis
Most Software Development
Quality Assurance
" ?7 }  I- P4 u, BTechnical/Web Writing
Business Intelligence

5 B& g9 ~& C) w) ~/ s) r! ], j' Q3 GThe top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
" C. c8 S/ y" y6 fMCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
4 Q1 X- T- r2 W/ }9 K0 M1 _; p3 }( TCNE      - average $7262 increase
/ P; c; d* r& g0 S! QMCP+     - average $7072 increase
& R0 Z- \' ?. BCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
; X1 k( U- e0 N+ x$ T" d) vA+       - average $5134 increase
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* h& o5 s7 |- A; W8 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.

Humor
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- R: k0 J) I1 yTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

10. "That's weird..."
6 j% _- B- W' M9 M9. "It's never done that before."
2 n5 F6 p8 m3 v, M8. "It worked yesterday."
6 O8 q. M% P. @/ Q" U7. "You must have the wrong version."
( l0 }! L* o' L3 a$ j" m6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
  {* u+ x6 P, S1 G1 \3 e' }5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "Did you check for a virus?"
5 H2 V" V- A  {4 Q3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
+ S& e8 K& Y0 z7 Y8 ]# q! s* }2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"

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' s" I3 L3 h$ k( A$ uand finally ...

/ n6 L0 Y, J: R1. "I thought I fixed that."

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