Re: Oracle certification question

"Bert Bear" <bertbear_at_NOSPAMbertbear.net> wrote:

>Benjamin,
>
>Some jobs require an OCP and for some employers they even want to know your
>scores. As for these being good companies or not, I'm not sure.
>
>What I do know is this. I have 5 years experience and the thing about
>experience is simple:
>
> Your experience is what your boss needs you to do (or what you do on
>your own).
>
>I studied and passed my OCP 8i and 9i DBA. What value was there? Simple:
>
> 1) I learned stuff not covered by my experiences
> 2) This and my experience gives me a "well rounded" but not complete
>DBA education
> 3) I gained confidence in my knowledge
>
>My conclusion?
>
>1) I still don't know everything about being an Oracle DBA, even with 5
>years experience and an OCP.
>2) While the OCP does cover some real world DBA activities, it lacks many
>of the real world activiites of a DBA. One example is refreshing and
>cloning of a database.
>
>An person with an OCP and no experience is a beginning DBA who needs
>experience (hell, a college student has (most likely) more experience). He
>has no other value (unless he has other IT experience).
>
>An experienced DBA without an OCP is a DBA good in some areas and (most
>likely) vacant in other areas. An experienced DBA with an OCP is good in
>some areas and has an overall understanding of the database and yes, vacant
>of knowledge in some areas.
>
>Anyone who says they know it all either has been a DBA for countless years

Even a DBA with countless years ( I stopped counting mine after 10) they will never know it all - every time I think I know all the answers, Oracle changes the question -

Just my 2c

>or is a liar.
>
>Well, just my opinion.
>
>Bert.
>
>
>
>"BK" <benjaminkao_at_sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>news:b12P9.3634$o51.977971_at_news20.bellglobal.com...
>> HI
>> What is the best way to get Oracle certification by myself? I can see that
>> at Chapters they sell set of books/CD for a few hundreds dollars. Some
>> people will pay thousands to a 30 week course.
>>
>> I understand that there are 5 exams to be written and they are all
>multiple
>> choices.
>>
>> How does Oracle certification helps with job hunting? Please share your
>> precious experiences.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
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Received on Fri Dec 27 2002 - 15:44:49 CST