Who is IT Professional?
IT Professionals, according to Jide Awe, are people who work in areas such as Programming, Engineering, Database Administration, Networking, Web development and E-Commerce. An IT professional must have the skills and knowledge required to carry out specialized tasks in a recognized field of IT.
Certifications:
Here are Top Five most popular certifications for IT professional from Rich Hein:
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Project Management Professional: Completing the Project Management Professional certification shows employers that you have the necessary skills and resources to get the project done from start to finish, on time and on budget.
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Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) is a vendor neutral security certification. People who hold this certification have the skills and knowledge to complete high-level tasks involving architecture, design, management and/or controls that assure the security of business environments.
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VMware Certified Professional: VCP VMware's first level of certification that focuses squarely on the vSphere virtualization platform. Recipients should have the skills to install, deploy, scale and manage vSphere environments, as well as general virtualization skills.
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CompTIA A+: A+ from the trade group CompTIA, is another vendor-neutral certification and is considered entry level. It encompasses a number of different foundation level IT skills.
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Oracle DBA: Every company has a database that is crucial to its operation and most have several, making Oracle certified professionals in demand. The Oracle DBA certification factors in training, experience and testing to establish a strong foundation and expertise in Oracle Database 11g techniques, including backup and recovery, performance tuning and administration.
IT Code of Ethics;
According to WikiBook.com, because there are many different independent groups for IT Code of Ethics, there are many different ideas about what guidelines there should be.
SANS IT Code of Ethics general guidelines are:
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I will strive to know myself and be honest about my capability.
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I will conduct my business in a manner that assures the IT profession is considered one of integrity and professionalism.
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I respect privacy and confidentiality.
ICCP Code of Ethics are:
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A high standard of skill and knowledge.
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A confidential relationship with people served.
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Public reliance upon the standards of conduct and established practice.
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The observance of an ethical code.
Stay Current:
Every day, new technology is developed while old technologies are retired or improved. As an IT professionals, we should always keep learning, keep exploring the new things to add more knowledge for ourselves.