Salary Survey 2013 — Workplace

This feature originally appeared in the Winter 2014 edition of Certification Magazine.

IT is everywhere in 2013, and IT workers are literally all over the map. You can find them any place you look, not just in big glass-and-steel buildings where floor space is measured in cubicles. To get a better picture of where people work, however, we asked a few questions about …

Salary Survey 2013 — Certification

This feature originally appeared in the Winter 2014 edition of Certification Magazine.

What’s your certification story? We want to identify the best ways of becoming certified, as well as find out what people are doing to get there. There’s always the question of money — the exams aren’t free, and not everyone passes on the first attempt. Most candidates put in quite a bit of study …

Salary Survey 2013 — Demographics

This feature originally appeared in the Winter 2014 edition of Certification Magazine.

What do you see when you look in the mirror? We don’t know which of the IT professionals and students who responded to our 2013 Salary Survey have red hair, or brown skin, or green eyes. We can’t say how many respondents are at least 6 feet tall, or which ones …

DBA or Developer? Deciding which one suits you best.

Editor’s Note: Check out Matthew’s latest DBA Article.

On forums and LinkedIn groups dedicated to Oracle certifications, I often see people asking whether they should pursue the Oracle certification track to become a Database Administrator or a developer certification track (either PL/SQL or Java). As a …

Will Oracle certifications earn me a lot of money?

Since Certification Magazine launched its annual Salary Survey a few weeks ago, this article seemed timely. I have lost count of how many times I’ve seen this question or some variant of it raised on a discussion forum or LinkedIn group. Generally, the person asking is just graduating college or is looking to change jobs …

Making Cents of Your Certs: The Salary Survey Comes Back

A cert in the hand is worth … what exactly? Help us find out with the return of the Salary Survey.