You Mean I Won't Be GEtting Paid More for Getting This Cert?

Interesting. New study shows uncertified workers are geting paid more...

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/networkhub/you-mean-i-wont-get-
paid-more-for-getting-this-cert/?track=NL-81&ad=610276&asrc=EM_USC_2423132
&uid=5959721

or

http://tinyurl.com/yvmvn5

 

Almost every salary survey I've ever read implies that people with 2-year

I disagree with your hypothisis. I have known a few people in IT were this
is not the case but the exact opposite.

 

My guess would be that you might be comparing 'those with experience' to
'those with entry level certifications'. A recent survey by Global
Knowledge showed that those with Microsoft certs made on average less than
those who were uncertified. When you consider however that a lot of
Microsoft certs are considered entry level certs, that would certainly skew
it. In fact, that is one of the conculsions that the Global Knowledge thing
showed.

http://images.globalknowledge.com/wwwimages/pdfs/2007_SalaryReport.pdf

John R

 

i graduated kindergarten and look at me now!

 

Now that I finally managed to load the actual report (@#$% wireless
internet) I see what they are saying is that non-certified people are
being paying a higher *premium* for their skills than certified people.
Its not a measurement of experience, but how much people are being paid
for their knowledge of a particular skill (all 300+ of them are listed
in the report).

Maybe that still proves the point that certs (or at least the MS ones)
only prove you know the theory and experience is separate from that.

Oh come on, we all know the 42% of statistics are made up.

 

I am not even going to click on this link and read such a story.
Anyone who tells you that an certified professional is going to make
less than a un-certified professional has no idea what they are
talking about. Explain to me WHY such a thing would be true?

I'm not going to compare getting certified to a college degree because
that isn't really an apples to apples comparision. College degree vs.
experience- now there is a just comparison.

Don't believe everything you read. Talk to veterans in the industry,
talk to people at staffing firms and HR. Ask those people about jobs
you actually want to get- not about general IT. If you want to be a
manager go to college. If you want to be an engineer, get
certifications and KNOW what you are talking about. That is my
experience and I wouldn't have it any other way. You get paid for what
you know this way- bottom line.

P.s. Don't believe everything you read.

 

P.s. Don't believe everything you read.

I don't believe a word you say.

 

It could be true based on things that have been said in previous posts.

Part of the problem is that for a while, everybody was requiring MCSE
certification, even for entry level jobs. (That would be one of the
reason MS came up with the lower level certs.) So you had all these
people with certifications who had no practical experience, thus lower
the value of what being certified meant. The industry is still
recovering from that.

We may be seeing a regional difference between being an "engineer" and
what "college" means. Here, I'd rather see a university degree (or
college) and experience that any certification. If I had two candidates
that were exactly the same and only one was certified, only then might I
pick one over the other.

I would say who you know would come first. Then what you know. Although
what you know may determine who you know. You know what? Hmm...