Salary Survey Extra: The legend of the high school diploma
Bill Gates. Steve Jobs. Mark Zuckerberg. There are towering legends about IT movers and shakers who never completed university-level degree programs. And given that exceptionally bright people …
Read ArticleSalary Survey 2016: IT professionals in the workplace
If you wrote a letter to 10 different certified professionals and asked them each to send you $1, then you would probably never get anything back, because who uses regular old mail …
Read ArticleTest your knowledge of Windows 10 for future certification exams
Microsoft’s Windows 10 is swiftly and surely replacing its predecessors — both reliable warhorse Windows 7 and the ill-fated Windows 8 — on desktops, laptops, and tablets alike. The takeover is …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: What’s IT worth to you, or why certify?
Getting an IT certification requires a considerable investment of time, energy, and resources. For most individuals, careful planning and diligent follow-through …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: IT salaries and formal education
Past work experience and past educational attainment are two of the biggest influences on hiring decisions, not just in IT, but across the employment spectrum. Work experience can be difficult to quantify …
Read ArticleSalary Survey 2016: The efficacy and impact of certification
You don’t have to have a certification to work in IT. And not every worker who has a certification is inarguably better equipped to do his or her job than folks with no professional credentials. Unless your …
Read ArticleCertMag salutes Martin Luther King Jr.
Today is a holiday in the United States that honors Martin Luther King Jr., the African-American civil rights leader who dedicated his adult years to ending racial inequality. Dr. King focused his work …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: The perks of (IT) work
With the fate of the Affordable Care Act in the United States presently up in the air, there’s a fair amount of uncertainty for many Americans about where they might look next for medical insurance. …
Read ArticleSalary Survey Extra: IT salaries and the company org chart
As Michael Scott once said on that one episode of The Office, “I was never in this for the money. But it turns out that money is an absolute necessity for me.” The same is probably true of most offices …
Read ArticleSalary Survey 2016: Overall compensation down from 2015 salary summit
When it comes to actual mountaineering, you don’t often have to wonder whether you’ve reached a summit. If you have an unobstructed view to all points of the compass and nothing …
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