Re: embarassed to ask this, how good am I as an OCP?

Terry Mu wrote:

> I heard a lot about that. I wouldn't care OCP if I happen to have that gold
> experience. DBA philosophy, attitude are not a big thing to me. I have been
> in IT for several years and did well in C++, network etc. I'm not stupid and
> DBA is not rocket science.
>
> Again, regards to experience, some guys who majored in agriculture or
> English literature or whatever switched to Oracle or whatever two years ago,
> and got that experience. Would I be junior to most of them after a half year
> work? I don't think so. How about 5 years afterwards? Experience is not
> everything either, some programmers cannot even find a thing by google.
> Logic and commen sense is a big part of that IT phlliosopy. I met guys with
> years experience programming like crap, and users just don't like what they
> did. That's the market, you cann't argue with it. And I don't want to argue
> with those guys who switched, they did right thing and they delivered
> effort.
>
> But for me, and some of those guys got OCP and want to do it seriously, we
> have to work out somehow. I just want to justify myself, if I can make
> difference in OCP exams, I can do it in work.
>
> Market, luck / fate, vision, those are decisive factors.
>
> Thanks, I just say what in my mind, not arguing with you.
>
> > The market seemed to be flooded with OCP's. Most knowledgeable
> > employers do not care about the OCP they are looking for experience,
> > database management philosophy, and attitude.
> >
> > The OCP is good for entry level DBA positions, but an experienced
> > developer usualy makes more than an entry level DBA. Your best bet is
> > probably a shop where the DBA(s) is/are still active developers who
> > also manage the db.
> >
> > IMHO -- Mark D Powell --

According to my next door neighbor brain surgery isn't rocket science either. But he does have about 30+ years of practical experience in addition to his medical degree.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:34:40 CST