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The 2008 CertMag Salary Survey Is Open
You've read about salary surveys, now participate in one as a certified IT professional: http://network.certmag.com/forum/topic/show?id=2210502%3ATopic%3A663
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Optionsnetworker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Moddynamik wrote:Yes! Time to bring down the average for MCSE!
I have never done one of these in the past. I guess its time to stop hating these and actually contribute something. I will probably be one of the people bringing up the average salary of someone with just a CCNA which is what I don't like about these to begin with. Until they start tracking experience levels also these things will be too broad to be worth anything.An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made. -
Optionsnetworker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 ModI just took the survey and it asked a lot more questions than I expected.
I was quite surprised by the the question that asked what material you found most helpful on your last exam and one of the options was brain **** from a website.An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made. -
Optionsjbaello Member Posts: 1,191 ■■■□□□□□□□I stopped the survey it was sooo long, I might continue tonite :P
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Optionsroyal Member Posts: 3,352 ■■■■□□□□□□Only took 5 minutes to do.“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” - Harry F. Banks
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Optionsundomiel Member Posts: 2,818Site down for maintenance so I can't help bring down the MCSE salary as well.Jumping on the IT blogging band wagon -- http://www.jefferyland.com/
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Optionsgojericho0 Member Posts: 1,059 ■■■□□□□□□□Does anyone know what the minimum score is to pass? If you have any braindumps for this link please PM me
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OptionsDaniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□Is it just me or did they totally ignore the new certifications from Microsoft?-Daniel
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,034 AdminI don't think much of these salary surveys. A person that makes $100K/year and happens to have an entry-level cert (A+ or CCNA) will really play Hell with the averages. I also don't think it's valid unless the geographical location of where you are employed is part of the questions.
And yes, there were none of the newer MS certs listed.
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Optionsastorrs Member Posts: 3,139 ■■■■■■□□□□JDMurray wrote:I don't think much of these salary surveys. A person that makes $100K/year and happens to have an entry-level cert (A+ or CCNA) will really play Hell with the averages. I also don't think it's valid unless the geographical location of where you are employed is part of the questions.
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OptionsMegadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157JDMurray wrote:I don't think much of these salary surveys. A person that makes $100K/year and happens to have an entry-level cert (A+ or CCNA) will really play Hell with the averages. I also don't think it's valid unless the geographical location of where you are employed is part of the questions.
And yes, there were none of the newer MS certs listed.
Are benefits averaged in on these things typically? If so, you could say that I make about 50% more than I do, since my jobs pays all my benefits. -
Optionshypnotoad Banned Posts: 915I'm convinced those things are always high because the advertisements for the sites are to "gain such-and-such degree in X months and make lots more money!"
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Optionsdarkerosxx Banned Posts: 1,343JDMurray wrote:And yes, there were none of the newer MS certs listed.
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Optionsundomiel Member Posts: 2,818Finally worked for me so I did my part for making the MCSE look worthless.Jumping on the IT blogging band wagon -- http://www.jefferyland.com/
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,034 Adminastorrs wrote:+1 last year I destroyed the certified vs. non-certified professionals salary/certs comparrison. This year I helped the certified bunch. That combined with the fact I upped my rates at the begining of the year by 25% implies that I got a raise (which I guess I did, but it was self-given and the first time in over 3 years I've touched them) seems to imply that the certs helped with that - when in fact they had nothing to do with it.Megadeth4168 wrote:Are benefits averaged in on these things typically? If so, you could say that I make about 50% more than I do, since my jobs pays all my benefits.darkerosxx wrote:JDMurray wrote:And yes, there were none of the newer MS certs listed.
MCTS and MCITP were listed.
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Optionsundomiel Member Posts: 2,818The survey did ask me what benefits I get so it may be factored.Jumping on the IT blogging band wagon -- http://www.jefferyland.com/
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Optionsdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□I thought the MCA was out before the MCTS and the MCITP. Maybe I just heard about it first. The Masters-level is the newest one. I don't think it really matters though. Only a very few number of people will be Architects or Masters anyway.
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Optionsdarkerosxx Banned Posts: 1,343Yeah, MCA was out before MCTS/ITP. I haven't seen an exact number, but from MS's site, there are at least 160 MCA's.
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Optionscbigbrick Member Posts: 284They also letf out a bunch of SANS certifications!!!And in conclusion your point was.....???
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,034 Adminundomiel wrote:The survey did ask me what benefits I get so it may be factored.
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,034 Admincbigbrick wrote:They also letf out a bunch of SANS certifications!!!
And I just noticed that the Microsoft Certified Architect is listed, but there's no "(MCA)" after it.
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OptionsGT-Rob Member Posts: 1,090I did the survey. I agree that it can get a little inaccurate. According to this survey, I got my CCNP and doubled my salary. When in reality, I doubled my salary because I moved to a richer economy, and got a job that only required CCNA.
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Optionssnadam Member Posts: 2,234 ■■■■□□□□□□yay, I filled it. Although its skewed because of my current job situation...**** ARE FOR CHUMPS! Don't be a chump! Validate your material with certguard.com search engine
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OptionsMegadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157snadam wrote:yay, I filled it. Although its skewed because of my current job situation...
I think I skewed it... MCSE with 8 years experience making 42K.... I'm still waiting to hear back on the raise I asked for though. -
OptionsClaymoore Member Posts: 1,637