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Issue 01 Aug 29, 2026 The retirement calendar is repricing certifications faster than the salary surveys are Two Microsoft exam codes closed this month. CKA held. Issue 02 Sep 5, 2026 Are you sitting on a 15% raise? Most people only find out after they've already quit. Issue 03 Sep 12, 2026 You just absorbed an $82,000 job Entry-level developer pay is $82,460. Companies stopped hiring them. The work went to you. Here's how to get paid for it. Issue 04 Sep 19, 2026 The $168,000 cert and the $84,000 cert are safe for the same reason The exposed ones are in the middle. We researched all 100. Here's what to add. Issue 05 Sep 26, 2026 How to ask for 25% more without quitting The 2027 raise budget is 3.5%. Here's the conversation that gets past it, word for word. Issue 06 Oct 3, 2026 Your certifications have a price now Q4 index is live. A US figure for every cert, $70,000 to $221,069. Here's where you sit and what to add next. Issue 07 Oct 10, 2026 AWS retired a $187,630 certification. What happens to yours? Thirteen lines in the Q4 CertBueno Top 100 IT Certifications were renamed, refreshed or retired this year. UiPath’s deadline is Thursday.