Re[2]: Couple of questions

Someone coming into where I work with only their OCP as their claim to fame will most likely not get an interview whereas someone with a number of years Oracle experience will. We were pretty badly burned in the recent past by someone who had their OCP as their sole claim to fame. This particular individual tried, but failed, to lord that certificate over everyone else. He lasted a year & two years later we're still picking up the mess. Now an individual with experience and OCP, that's a horse of a different color.

Dick Goulet

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Author: "Rahul Dandekar" <orcldba_at_hotmail.com>
Date:       3/22/2001 8:01 AM

> Also for those who have Oracle certification how much database experience
> (Oracle in particular) did you have before you obtained certification?
> What do you recommend for experience before attempting certification?

OCP and Good Oracle DBA are not one of the same things. There might be people who are both.
But...
OCP does not necessarily mean Good DBA
Good DBA, without any exam oriented preparation would not pass OCP so easily.

I have heard that ILT notes and STS tests are simplest things to become "Paper OCP" even if you donot have Oracle expertise!

I am persuing OCP, Just because after completing it I can commandingly say that OCP is NOT a great achievement.

-Rahul

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