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From Computerworld Career Watch page:

Troubled Certs
Pay for some certifications plummeted in the six months from April 1 to Oct. 1, according to a wide-ranging Foote Partners LLC survey covering 129 certification categories and 124 noncertified skills. The following are some particularly hard-hit certs:

• CompTIA Linux: -43%
• CompTIA Network Technician: -36%
• CompTIA Security+: -33%
• Cisco Certified Design Associate: -22%
• Cisco Certified Network Professional: -22%
• CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer: -22%
• Certified MySQL 4.0 Professional: -22%
• Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator: -20%
• Microsoft Certified Trainer: -20%
• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator: -20%
• Cisco Certified Design Professional: -18%
• Microsoft Certified Systems Admin: Security: -13%
• Linux Professional Institute certification: -13%
• Cisco Certified Network Associate: -12%

Honestly, is this list very surprising?  The top three are CompTIA certs (I happen to hold the Security +).  How many people are roaring for those (except for A+, which is still respected in the nech tech world). 

CCNA has long been a joke, even though I heard it had been revamped and was tougher.  I have seen personally the interest for the CCNP drop quite a bit (I don’t know everyone, but most of the people I knew that were looking at it decided not to pursue it).

Now, where’s the list where it shows the CISSP cert causing 100% increase in salary?  Yea, right.

And here’s a certification that we all had in the 90′s and early 00′s:

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