why get the cert? You never know, if your bosses can show their customers that they have certified people working on the hardware it might help bring business in..

A company i used to work at required me to be A+, MCSE, and start on CCNA/P... in a year.. with my contract stating that i would recieve a $2000/yr raise for the A+, $10,000/yr raise for MCSE, and $2000/yr per CCNA requirement that I completed..

Now this was a special company that used our credentials to prove to our customers that we were capable of doing the job, hell the A+ alone brought several accounts in the door that required me to physically setup and configure servers on customer locations... Being MCSE woulda meant they coulda hired me out to Admin those systems (i know MCSE != Admin) but in alot of peoples eyes it does..

If you work in a computer related field today, ask your bosses if it might improve or help your pay or position if you get certain certifications, and if so, which.. You might be suprised.