Re: DBA Certification?

Colin Polykett wrote:
>
> 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......
>
> ____________________________________________________________
> 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

Not THE Colin Polykett ex of Hambros bank?

Steve Phelan. Received on Mon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00:00 CST