Re: Certification

I usually compare the OCP Certification to the first exam for the Driving License - where you must show, in a quiz, that you know the meaning of road signals, how a car works, etc.

Sure you learn a lot while studying for the exam, yet that doesn't make you a winning Formula One / NASCAR driver.

Unfortunately the latter is what many non-technical recruiters believe (or fortunately for the unexperienced career-seeker).

On 5/30/07, David Lord <dlordster_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Stephen,
>
> Isn't that always the case with exams? No one employs me for being
> good at passing exams; its the knowledge I've picked up on the way
> that counts. I very much doubt I would have spent every evening for a
> month reading about 10g new features without the incentive of an exam
> at the end of it; not to mention the mick I'd have taken out of me if
> I failed.
>
> David
>
> On 30/05/07, Stephen Booth <stephenbooth.uk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Maybe I'm bweing picky but what you both seem to really be saying is
> > that it was the studying for the OCP that was useful, not the OCP
> > itself. If Oracle just published each year a list of topics (possibly
> > along with links to online tutorials and reference texts) saying
> > something like "We think this is what a DBA should know.", maybe
> > include some 'Test you knowledge' quizes, wouldn't that be as useful?
> >
> > Stephen
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