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IT Certifications and What They're Really Worth | |
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| Time: 10:42 EST/15:42 GMT | News Source: NewsFactor | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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The average salary for an MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) is $66,775, 22.3 percent more than the amount paid to similarly qualified yet uncertified workers. Nearly every high-tech corporation or professional society seems to offer a certification program these days -- and a stream of specialized abbreviations increasingly seems like a standard extension to the last names of IT professionals. However, because so many certifications exist, it can be difficult to sort through the available options and determine how much concrete gain might result from obtaining a new credential. Do these programs actually benefit IT employees, or are they merely expensive pieces of paper? | ||
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| #1 By 6859 (204.71.100.216) at 1/29/2003 12:29:55 PM |
| Man! I totally live in the wrong place or something. Those salaries are nowhere close to what I'm pulling in.... :( |
| #2 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 1/29/2003 12:50:20 PM |
| Yep, you live in Iowa. |
| #3 By 2960 (156.80.64.132) at 1/29/2003 1:50:45 PM |
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I am an MCP. Eventually I'll get the MCSA or MCSE done, but right now I'm so busy doing THE WORK that I don't have time.
It's not required of me. I'm paid and appreciated for my "Street Smarts" and 22 years of experience I have with computers of varying platforms, and my ability to solve problems others have given up on. I'm not really interested in mothering servers anyway. I prefer to be "Elbow Deep" into the guts of computing platforms instead. My thing is providing Level 2 and Level 3 support on complex things, and I've been doing it for a long time and I like what I do. I get reasonably well paid for my experience. I've never been asked for 'Paper'. My references have always been enough, though I rarely change jobs. MCSA/MCSE is something nice to work towards, but it doesn't really carry the weight that it used to. I work on it because I find the subject matter interesting. TL |
| #4 By 7390 (63.211.44.114) at 1/29/2003 2:00:13 PM |
| I am currently pursuing my MCAD, which seems like it has potential in the market place. |
| #5 By 2960 (156.80.64.132) at 1/29/2003 2:29:27 PM |
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I think one of the most important certs these days is Cisco.
Believe it or not, Novell certs still carry a TON of weight too. Someone with a Novell Cert tends to know their stuff. TL |
| #6 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 1/29/2003 2:43:03 PM |
| zzkj7w - Unix is going the way of the DoDo bird, or haven't you heard? |
| #7 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 1/29/2003 10:09:34 PM |
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cba-3.14 - VMS can't say anything, it's an OS. What you're referring to is what Ken Olsen, President of DEC, said... "It is our belief, however, that serious professional users will run out of things they can do with UNIX. They'll want a real system and will end up doing VMS when they get to be serious about programming."
Basically his attitude was VMS is where the money is at, always has been, always will be. In retrospect Ken was wrong. #6 probably should learn from history. linuxhippie - woo hoo! more low paying jobs, how utterly exciting. When are you going to stop working against your people, and start supporting them instead? The only people you help are the suits. |
| #8 By 135 (208.50.206.187) at 1/29/2003 11:13:01 PM |
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linuxhippie - "I'm proud of you soda! Before, you would have said, "opensource has no business model."
Now, you say, "opensource has a business model, but it doesn't pay well." You're making progres.. " Huh? They're just a VAR. That business model has been around for years. "Can you say more? What's this all about? I'm working against programmers or what? " Yes, I'd like to understand why. Please elaborate. |
| #9 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 1/30/2003 10:51:15 AM |
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linuxhippie - "Except this is based on mostly opensource software"
So they just get the software for free, it's not a new business model, and doesn't address the creation and maintenance costs of the original software. Show me a company that actually creates the software, gives it away for free, and is able to fund that development using nothing but consulting. The only successful examples I have seen even approaching this is companies like Zend who gives away a crippled PHP processor and charges for one which performs better.(there are others) Fact is the VAR model is probably the worst business model you could use, since their revenue stream comes from implementation consulting, this encourages an attitude of making software incredibly complex and hard to implement. This attitude has hurt quite a variety of commercial software companies in the past. Implementation costs generally dwarf software acquisition costs anyway. Poorly written software that is even more difficult to implement can result in run-away costs. When you seperate the VAR from the creator(as is the case in the Microsoft world) you create a feedback loop that encourages the creator to make software which is easier to implement, as they then generate more sales. Furthermore, the example you bring of Dev-IS isn't particularly exciting since they seem to only create static content websites. There just isn't that much effort involved doing that, at least not from a technology standpoint. "Who are my people? Help me out here. " Software developers. I want to know why you are actively working to harm software developers. |
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