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RE: WAAYYY OT: RE: FreeOCP

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 08:42:33 -0500
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I agree, Alex. I hate that shit.

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From: Alex Hillman [mailto:alex_hillman_at_physia.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:40 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: WAAYYY OT: RE: FreeOCP

I think that "crap" and "stinks" is a little too much. Same thought could be easily expressed in more polite way.

Alex Hillman

-----Original Message-----
From: Testa, Joe S [ mailto:jstesta_at_dorseyplus.com <mailto:jstesta_at_dorseyplus.com> ]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 9:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: WAAYYY OT: RE: FreeOCP

save the political correctness, too much of that crap goes on already, people are entitled to their opinion whether you or anyone like it or not.
This crap of "what i think is right and what you think is right is ok" stinks,

post-modernists suck.

joe

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:42 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

 Come on Rachel, this comment is a little overblown, I don't believe that some one who is a OCP DBA does not know how to shut down a database. These are things some one learns or should learn when they think about being a DBA. I am sure this topics are well covered in OCP exams. The fact is somebody likes to get certified and some people do not. Some body like institution and some do not. It is always a choice and everybody should respect either stand. Exceptions are on both the side.

S.Talukder
Sr.DBA
Convergys Corporation
Direct: (513) 748 5086
Cell:(513) 229 7422

Rachel Carmichael wrote: My point also was that you cannot generalize... nothing is ever black and white, there are always shades of gray.Yes there are DBAs with OCP who are fantastic. There are also DBAs with OCP who don't know a thing about a database. I get really scared when I see someone post a note "how do I shutdown the database" and their signature like has OCP in it.>From: "aaaa wwwwww" >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >Subject: RE: FreeOCP>Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 19:25:24 -0800>>Dear Seniors>>Most of U felt bad it seems !>>When we are generalising U shouldn't bring case by case example>>Rao>-->>On Tue, 05 Dec 2000 16:45:22> Rachel Carmichael wrote:> >Jeff,> >>
>Forgive me for jumping in on your rant, but I didn't
see the original> >message.> >> >All -> >> >I do love this quote from the original email:> >> >"In my humble opinion, any OCP DBA with experience is lot better than a >OCP> >DBA without experience or an experienced DBA without OCP."> >> >Really? Let's see.... I've been working as a DBA for 10+ years. I have >met> >DBAs with OCP and experience, DBAs with experience and no OCP and DBAs >with> >OCP and no experience.> >> >OCP does not in and of itself confer anything. You can pass the tests and> >never have used the products that the tests are about. I passed the 8.0 >to> >8i upgrade without ever having worked with RMAN, partitioned tables,> >Advanced Queuing, local and global partitioned indexes etc -- I hadn't> >worked with 8i at ALL. What I *did* have were some hours spent at>
>conferences listening to people present on these
topics, and a really >good> >ability to guess on standardized tests. I passed the 7.3 to 8.0 upgrade
>the> >same way.> >> >So I have OCP and it still does
not mean that I have experience in these> >things.> >>
>Jeff is right -- what counts is what the person
knows, not how he/she> >learned it. The best explanation I have ever heard was from Michael Abbey>
>who said "OCP will get you in the door, but it's up
to you and your> >abilities to keep you there".> >>
>All OCP does is give upper management a warm and
fuzzy (and often >incorrect)> >feeling about the abilities of the candidate.> >> >I don't look to see OCP on a resume before I interview someone. I don't>
>reject the candidate if it is there, but it doesn't
get you in the door >to> >see me. Your resume does.>
>> >End of *MY* rant -- thanks Jeff :)> >> >Rachel> >>
>>From: Jeffery Stevenson > >>Reply-To:
ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> >>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > >>Subject: RE: FreeOCP> >>Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 06:41:28 -0800> >>> >> Every person should be judged on their own individual merits...a >veteran>
>>DBA without OCP might have a box at home (or at
work) where they take >the> >>latest and greatest and play with all the new features to figure out how>
>>they work and see what kind of advantages they
bring. You could have a >DBA> >>with lots of years of experience recorded and an OCP that has just been>
>>soaking up money in a big contract for a consulting
firm somewhere (and >not> >>really doing much), but they've had lots of time to take the tests >(until>
>>they passed them all). There are too many variables
in this world to >judge> >>a situation without getting all of the details...keeping that in mind, I> >>cannot agree with your viewpoint that an OCP DBA with experience is >going> >>to> >>be better than any other DBA--every situation is different. When>
>>interviewing other DBAs, I might make initial
judgements after reviewing> >>their resume, but (unless that resume is really, really bad) I won't
>rule> >>them out until I've had a chance to talk with
them. The DBA market is a> >>tight market, why rule out any potentially good employee/help based on>
>>years> >>of experience or a piece of paper? None of
that can tell me exactly >what> >>kind of heart, will, intelligence, common sense, personality, or >learning>
>>ability a person has. OCP and years of experience
have definite merits> >>when> >>trying to get HR's attention and jacking prices in contracts, but if the>
>>person behind all that isn't really that good...>
>>> >> Sorry about the rant, but I just couldn't sit
back and listen to all> >>this> >>without saying

something...> >>> >>Jeffery Stevenson> >>Chief 
Databeast Tamer> >>Medical Present Value, Inc.> 

>>Austin, TX> >>> >>-----Original Message----->
>>Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:51 PM> >>To:
Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L> >>> >>> >>Hi friends!> >> There is a lots of talk about Paper DBAs on this message board. With >due> >>respect to all the veteran DBAs without OCP and new DBAs with OCP, I
>would> >>like to make few comments from my own
personal experience (spanning 9> >>years+> >>in USA, Europe and India)> >>> >> I have come across lots of long time DBAs with no OCP, who frown on >OCP> >>DBAs. Working closely with them, I noticed that these longs really count> >>the> >>hours to bill the clients. To my dismay, I came across 10+ years Oracle> >>DBAs>
>>who had no clue about OPS, Partitioning, Snapshots,
Stand by etc... They> >>have gained experience over the years only because the client could not> >>find>
>>a better alternative.> >>> >> At the same time, in
the interviews and at work, I come across lots of>
>>new> >>OCP DBAs who can do the job, but need lots
support and help from the >other> >>DBAs. (It is sort of baby sitting).> >>> >> I was a DBA without OCP for long time and I had no problem in finding> >>jobs>
>>without OCP. After I started preparing for OCP, I
came to know of so >many> >>things that I did not know before. In my humble opinion, any OCP DBA >with>
>>experience is lot better than a OCP DBA without
experience or an> >>experienced> >>DBA without OCP.>
>>> >> OCP helped me as a DBA to understand things
that I did not know >before.> >>It> >>took lots of time, confidence and enthusiasm to be a OCP DBA and change >my> >>self in the process.> >>> >> Without OCP, I would have been a Pumpkin DBA, doing clueless things in >a> >>random and unilateral way. Let's face it... OCP or No OCP is a matter of> >>choice. But it helps to be OCP than be left-out and looking at SOUR>
>>GRAPES!!!> >>> >>Rama> >>OCP DBA with experience!>
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<DIV><SPAN class=302024213-07122000><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I 
agree, Alex. I hate that shit. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman" 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alex Hillman 
  [mailto:alex_hillman_at_physia.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 06, 2000 
  7:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L<BR><B>Subject:</B> 
  RE: WAAYYY OT: RE: FreeOCP<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <P><FONT size=2>I think that "crap" and "stinks" is a little too much. Same 
  thought could be easily expressed in more polite way. </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>Alex Hillman</FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: 
  Testa, Joe S [<A 
  href="mailto:jstesta_at_dorseyplus.com">mailto:jstesta_at_dorseyplus.com</A>]</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 9:05 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>Subject: WAAYYY OT: RE: FreeOCP</FONT> </P><BR>
  <P><FONT size=2>save the political correctness, too much of that crap goes on 
  already,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>people are entitled to their opinion whether 
  you or anyone like it or not.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>This crap of "what i 
  think is right and what you think is right is ok"</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>stinks, </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>post-modernists suck.</FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>joe</FONT> </P><BR>
  <P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: 
  Wednesday, December 06, 2000 7:42 AM</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To: Multiple 
  recipients of list ORACLE-L</FONT> </P><BR>
  <P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;Come on Rachel, this comment is a little overblown, 
  I</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>don't believe that some one who is a OCP DBA does 
  not</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>know how to shut down a database. These are 
  things</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>some one learns or should learn when they think 
  about</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>being a DBA. I am sure this topics are well 
  covered in</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>OCP exams. The fact is somebody likes to 
  get certified</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>and some people do not. Some body like 
  institution and</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>some do not. It is always a choice and 
  everybody</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>should respect either stand. Exceptions are 
  on both</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>the side.</FONT> </P>
  <P><FONT size=2>S.Talukder</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Sr.DBA</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>Convergys Corporation</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Direct: (513) 748 
  5086</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Cell:(513) 229 7422</FONT> </P><BR>
  <P><FONT size=2>Rachel Carmichael&nbsp; wrote: My point also was that 
  you</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>cannot generalize... nothing is ever black and 
  white,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>there are always shades of gray.Yes there are 
  DBAs</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>with OCP who are fantastic. There are also DBAs 
  with</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>OCP who don't know a thing about a database. I 
  get</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>really scared when I see someone post a note "how 
  do I</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>shutdown the database" and their signature like 
  has</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>OCP in it.&gt;From: "aaaa wwwwww" 
  &gt;Reply-To:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com&gt;To: Multiple 
  recipients of list</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>ORACLE-L &gt;Subject: RE: 
  FreeOCP&gt;Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>19:25:24 
  -0800&gt;&gt;Dear Seniors&gt;&gt;Most of U felt bad it</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>seems !&gt;&gt;When we are generalising U shouldn't bring</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>case by case example&gt;&gt;Rao&gt;--&gt;&gt;On Tue, 05 Dec 
  2000</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>16:45:22&gt; Rachel Carmichael wrote:&gt; 
  &gt;Jeff,&gt; &gt;&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;Forgive me for jumping in 
  on your rant, but I didn't</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>see the original&gt; 
  &gt;message.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;All -&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;I do love</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>this quote from the original email:&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;"In my 
  humble</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>opinion, any OCP DBA with experience is lot 
  better</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>than a &gt;OCP&gt; &gt;DBA without experience 
  or an experienced</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>DBA without OCP."&gt; &gt;&gt; 
  &gt;Really? Let's see.... I've been</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>working as a DBA 
  for 10+ years. I have &gt;met&gt; &gt;DBAs</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>with OCP 
  and experience, DBAs with experience and no</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>OCP and 
  DBAs &gt;with&gt; &gt;OCP and no experience.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;OCP</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>does not in and of itself confer anything. You can</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>pass the tests and&gt; &gt;never have used the products 
  that</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>the tests are about. I passed the 8.0 &gt;to&gt; 
  &gt;8i upgrade</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>without ever having worked with RMAN, 
  partitioned</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>tables,&gt; &gt;Advanced Queuing, local 
  and global</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>partitioned indexes etc -- I hadn't&gt; 
  &gt;worked with 8i</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>at ALL. What I *did* have were some 
  hours spent at&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;conferences listening to people 
  present on these</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>topics, and a really &gt;good&gt; 
  &gt;ability to guess on</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>standardized tests. I passed 
  the 7.3 to 8.0 upgrade</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;the&gt; &gt;same way.&gt; 
  &gt;&gt; &gt;So I have OCP and it still does</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>not mean 
  that I have experience in these&gt; &gt;things.&gt; &gt;&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;Jeff is right -- what counts is what the person</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>knows, not how he/she&gt; &gt;learned it. The best</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>explanation I have ever heard was from Michael Abbey&gt;</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;who said "OCP will get you in the door, but it's 
  up</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>to you and your&gt; &gt;abilities to keep you 
  there".&gt; &gt;&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;All OCP does is give upper 
  management a warm and</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>fuzzy (and often 
  &gt;incorrect)&gt; &gt;feeling about the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>abilities of 
  the candidate.&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;I don't look to see</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>OCP on a resume before I interview someone. I don't&gt;</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;reject the candidate if it is there, but it 
  doesn't</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>get you in the door &gt;to&gt; &gt;see me. 
  Your resume does.&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt; &gt;End of *MY* rant -- 
  thanks Jeff :)&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;Rachel&gt; &gt;&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;From: Jeffery Stevenson &gt; &gt;&gt;Reply-To:</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com&gt; &gt;&gt;To: Multiple recipients of</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>list ORACLE-L &gt; &gt;&gt;Subject: RE: FreeOCP&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;Date: Tue,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>05 Dec 2000 06:41:28 -0800&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Every person should</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>be judged on 
  their own individual merits...a &gt;veteran&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;DBA without OCP might have a box at home (or at</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>work) where they take &gt;the&gt; &gt;&gt;latest and greatest 
  and</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>play with all the new features to figure out 
  how&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;they work and see what kind of 
  advantages they</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>bring. You could have a &gt;DBA&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;with lots of years of</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>experience recorded and 
  an OCP that has just been&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;soaking up money 
  in a big contract for a consulting</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>firm somewhere (and 
  &gt;not&gt; &gt;&gt;really doing much), but</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>they've 
  had lots of time to take the tests &gt;(until&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;they passed them all). There are too many variables</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>in this world to &gt;judge&gt; &gt;&gt;a situation without 
  getting</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>all of the details...keeping that in mind, 
  I&gt; &gt;&gt;cannot</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>agree with your viewpoint that an 
  OCP DBA with</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>experience is &gt;going&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;to&gt; &gt;&gt;be better than any other</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>DBA--every situation is different. When&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;interviewing other DBAs, I might make initial</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>judgements after reviewing&gt; &gt;&gt;their resume, but</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>(unless that resume is really, really bad) I won't</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;rule&gt; &gt;&gt;them out until I've had a chance to talk 
  with</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>them. The DBA market is a&gt; &gt;&gt;tight 
  market, why rule</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>out any potentially good 
  employee/help based on&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;years&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;of experience or a piece of paper? None of</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>that can tell me exactly &gt;what&gt; &gt;&gt;kind of heart, 
  will,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>intelligence, common sense, personality, or 
  &gt;learning&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;ability a person has. OCP and 
  years of experience</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>have definite merits&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;when&gt; &gt;&gt;trying to get HR's</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>attention 
  and jacking prices in contracts, but if the&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;person behind all that isn't really that good...&gt;</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Sorry about the rant, but I just 
  couldn't sit</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>back and listen to all&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;this&gt; &gt;&gt;without saying</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>something...&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;Jeffery Stevenson&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;Chief</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Databeast Tamer&gt; &gt;&gt;Medical 
  Present Value, Inc.&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;Austin, TX&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;-----Original Message-----&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:51 PM&gt; &gt;&gt;To:</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;Hi</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>friends!&gt; &gt;&gt; There is 
  a lots of talk about Paper DBAs</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>on this message board. 
  With &gt;due&gt; &gt;&gt;respect to all the</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>veteran 
  DBAs without OCP and new DBAs with OCP, I</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;would&gt; &gt;&gt;like to make few comments from my own</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>personal experience (spanning 9&gt; &gt;&gt;years+&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;in USA,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Europe and India)&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; 
  &gt;&gt; I have come across lots of</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>long time DBAs 
  with no OCP, who frown on &gt;OCP&gt; &gt;&gt;DBAs.</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>Working closely with them, I noticed that these longs</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>really count&gt; &gt;&gt;the&gt; &gt;&gt;hours to bill the clients. 
  To</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>my dismay, I came across 10+ years Oracle&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;DBAs&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;who had no clue about OPS, 
  Partitioning, Snapshots,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Stand by etc... They&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;have gained experience over</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>the years only 
  because the client could not&gt; &gt;&gt;find&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;a better alternative.&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; At the same 
  time, in</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>the interviews and at work, I come across 
  lots of&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;new&gt; &gt;&gt;OCP DBAs who can 
  do the job, but need lots</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>support and help from the 
  &gt;other&gt; &gt;&gt;DBAs. (It is sort</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>of baby 
  sitting).&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; I was a DBA without OCP for</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>long time and I had no problem in finding&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;jobs&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;without OCP. After I started 
  preparing for OCP, I</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>came to know of so &gt;many&gt; 
  &gt;&gt;things that I did not know</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>before. In my 
  humble opinion, any OCP DBA &gt;with&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;experience is lot better than a OCP DBA without</FONT> 
  <BR><FONT size=2>experience or an&gt; &gt;&gt;experienced&gt; &gt;&gt;DBA 
  without OCP.&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; OCP helped me 
  as a DBA to understand things</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>that I did not know 
  &gt;before.&gt; &gt;&gt;It&gt; &gt;&gt;took lots of</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>time, confidence and enthusiasm to be a OCP DBA and</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>change &gt;my&gt; &gt;&gt;self in the process.&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; 
  &gt;&gt; Without</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>OCP, I would have been a Pumpkin DBA, 
  doing clueless</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>things in &gt;a&gt; &gt;&gt;random and 
  unilateral way. Let's face</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>it... OCP or No OCP is a 
  matter of&gt; &gt;&gt;choice. But it</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>helps to be OCP 
  than be left-out and looking at SOUR&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&gt;GRAPES!!!&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;Rama&gt; &gt;&gt;OCP DBA 
  with experience!&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;&gt; 
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  &gt;&gt;Author: Rama Malladi&gt;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&gt; INET: 
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