Re: Is Sr. DBAs afraid of not be able to pass cert exam ??

Tom Dyess,    

    Well, you are right. good comp sci degree in good university will get you very well prepared for the workforce. Afterall, it really depends on your concentration also. Some of the fellow grad students from my university do not know programming at all. They are good in mathematics and computer science is not just about programming. To be a good coder, you need to have strong inclination to do this kinda job and propel to excel in it.

    To Niall, well, you got my point. Neither is a criteria to hire. The criteria is the ability and willingness to learn and adapt. No rule that says a history major cannot be a good coder or good DBA. It depends on the interest and most important of all, attitude!!!

Allan W. Tham
DBA "Tom Dyess" <tdyess_at_dyessindustries.com> wrote in message news:<nHf68.173385$_w.27277948_at_typhoon.tampabay.rr.com>...
> Well, I'd have to disagree with you on the compsci degree. But again, it all
> depends on where you get it. There are colleges that are accredited highly
> in computer fields and there are those that aren't. I got a degree from UCF
> (University of Central Florida) which is a large school in Florida without a
> prominent football team (thus the lack of recognition of the general
> public). The compsci professors take their work very seriously and UCF gets
> ranked in the top 10 - 15 every year in the WORLD programming competitions.
> We even beat MIT consistently. Of course, there aren't that many schools
> that can boast that type of ability in their compsci majors, but the ones
> that 'make the grade' and graduate with a compsci major are often more
> prepared for the real world programming.
>
> Tom
> www.oraclepower.com
>
Received on Thu Jan 31 2002 - 19:36:53 CST