RE: OT: RANT ABOUT OCP, Re: Small help

Same with me.
And as budgets dwindled, I stopped after getting my 'shingle' for Ora8 (upgrade, that is)..

• Kirti

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>
> Anyone who's watched the list for a week will know me, no political
> correctness here :) and thats probably the only reason i am OCP, the
> company
> i worked for at the time, paid for the tests and gave me a bonus to
> complete
> them. :)
>
> joe
>
>
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> >"Joseph S. Testa" wrote:
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> > > Lee, i'm with you 200%,
> > >
> > > oh and for the original addressee(and others) if you can't figure out
> > > what the heck that simple pl/sql block is doing(or where to figure it
> > > out), then quit diluting the OCP worthiness, people who study just to
> > > take the OCP and have no experience just go to further the waste of
> > > paper that the certificate is printed on. :)
> > >
> > > joe
> >
> >you know you really should tell us just how you feel and not beat around
> >the bush that way.;-)
> >
> >i got asked yesterday by damagement why i wasn't certified. when i
> >asked if they would pay for the courses/exams they didn't seem to think
> >that was "in the training budget". so i said they's just have to put up
> >with me the way i was and got back to building the database
> >infrastructure.;-)
> >
> >oh well, guess i'll end up loosing out to someone with an OCP.;-)
> >
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> >Bill Thater Certifiable ORACLE DBA
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