Re: Does'nt the certification process help ?

"DStevens" <dstevens_at_navidec.com> wrote in message news:a6b2ts$bjb$1_at_newsreader.mailgate.org...
> As for questions 2 and 3. Some observations:
> - No, not everybody passes certification.
> - The act of attempting certification indicates a confidence in one's own
> abilities. Why bother if you think you are not going to pass? My point
being
> that bad to mediocre DBAs won't attempt certification. In my experience
the
> BEST DBAs don't bother because they have reputation to sell them (meaning
they
> could easily pass the certification but have no need for it), the
> better-than-mediocre DBAs go for certification, sometimes requiring
several
> attempts. The really good DBAs, without a reputation, will go for
cerfication
> (and pass first attempt) as validation of their skills.
> - Certification is more than training. Sometimes it doesn't involve
training at
> all. Think of it more like the SATs in high school.
>
>
>

We don't have SAT's in Canada but I understand what you mean. So to a prospective employer does that certification = any years of experience ? Received on Fri Mar 08 2002 - 19:56:57 CST