Message-Id: <10564.112526@fatcity.com> From: "Weaver, Walt" Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 06:42:21 -0600 Subject: RE: OCP guidance(ranting) At my previous place of employment there was (and still is) a developer = who took the OCP DBA tests and passed'em. So, now he's an OCP DBA with absolutely no real-world experience. He doesn't know how to start up a database but he has the shingle. But, the OCP makes him more marketable, and when he starts looking for another job he'll be a step ahead of non-OCP's. OCP sure doesn't make you a better DBA, but it helps get your foot in = the door. --Walt Weaver Bozeman, Montana, USA -----Original Message----- From: paquette stephane [mailto:stephane_paquette@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 7:15 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: OCP guidance(ranting) In fact, in busy days I liked those posts as I just deleted whithout reading them. For the story, I had to hired a dba to replace me at a client, I've seen 5 OCP DBA , none of them knew how to used tkprof or what was the difference between an hash join and a nested loop. Stephane Paquette DBA Oracle NON OCP=20 stephane_paquette@yahoo.com spaquette@houra.fr (33) 01 53 93 06 50 --- "Joseph S. Testa" a =E9crit=A0: > Why is are so many people on the list so big on OCP, > learn to be a DBA > first, the OCP will be easy enough after you learn > the basics. Being > OCP does NOT make you a good DBA( recruiters on the > list are you > LISTENING??????). >=20 > and yes I'm OCP but I got 8 years of oracle dba > experience to back it > up, only reason I took it was my current employer at > the time, paid for > the tests and gave me 3K bonus to pass it. >=20 > Joe >=20 > --=20 > Joe Testa http://www.oracle-dba.com > Oracle 8i documentation online > http://www.oracle-dba.com/oracle-docs > --=20 > Author: Joseph S. Testa > INET: teci@oracle-dba.com >=20 > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ --=20 Author: =3D?iso-8859-1?q?paquette=3D20stephane?=3D INET: stephane_paquette@yahoo.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may