is MySQL certification of worth ?
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/programming/jobs/prweb2139414.htm
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MySQL experts are seeing accelerating demand for their services on Elance, a leading site for online work where businesses hire skilled professionals to get work done. With over 1,300 MySQL jobs posted in the last 30 days, MySQL is now the third most in-demand skill on Elance, moving up three spots since October.
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At the time I answered this question, there are about 1,240 jobs posted at elance.com in the last 30 days.
http://www.elance.com/php/search/main/eolsearch.php?matchType=project#matchKeywords=%22MySQL%22&catFilter=10183
Looking at the earning trends graph, it tends to go up since January 2009. There was a dip in January itself but it might be caused by the Christmas holiday.
http://www.elance.com/mysql_experts/208
It's definitely worth your time and effort considering
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... over 11 million installations worldwide. When Facebook first launched, it used MySQL to manage all its data - and still uses it today.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/programming/jobs/prweb2139414.htm
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Are you a database guru? If the cert doesn't teach you anything new its usually not worth it.(some exceptions might be if you are compensating for something) Are you paying for this yourself?(If not then who cares take the cert!) If so there might be better certification options for you depending on what your career goals are: Webmaster, DBA, etc.
My answer is really geared towards the question "Is X certification worth it" and the answer to that is it depends on the cost: time, money. And the cert's relevance.
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