Re: DBA Certification?

From: Colin Polykett <polyketc_at_bibip1.spam.wgw.bt.co.uk>
Date: 1997/02/21
Message-ID: <330D5985.5966@bibip1.spam.wgw.bt.co.uk>#1/1

Joseph Testa wrote:
>
> Ok I give what is the big hoopla about becoming a certified DBA? At least
> in the Midwest US, companies are glad to get a DBA at all with some
> experience. Does it really get you any more money and without the
> experience does it really count? Feel free to flame, cause I just don't
> see the real importance of it at this time in the data processing field.
>

Well, I'm in the UK, and certification isn't big here. I got mine two weeks ago though.

Although employers may not ask for it, if I've got it and you haven't, I suspect I'll get picked for the job (all others things being equal).

It certainly doesn't do any harm......

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The opinions expressed above have probably been pinched from somewhere else as I have none of my own.

Colin Polykett polyketc_at_bibip1.wgw.bt.co.uk CSO Open Systems ORACLE DBA Received on Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CST