Re: MUST you be certified?

Well, It certainly adds icing to the cake. But real knowledge comes with experience only. I am working with oracle for 4-5 years but I am also taking this exam you donot have to go to any school, certain good books are also availavble, mostly study yourself and if you can lay your hands in a database nothing like it.
Dave

MotoX wrote:

> Well, you don't *have* to be certified, but it ain't gonna do your
> career any harm, is it.
>
> I did both the Oracle7 and Oracle8 DBA OCP in 5 weeks, taking one exam
> a week, without any formal Oracle training. But then I've got a lot of
> Oracle hands-on - about 10 years+. My advice is to look at OCP as
> 'icing on the cake', not as a substitute to real world experience.
>
> Take your time and learn well. It's easy to screw up otherwise.
>
> MotoX.
>
> On Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:51:03 -0600, "Ryan"
> <rrichard_at_martin.benham.com> wrote:
>
> >I was wondering, I see a large amount of demand for oracle developers and
> >DBAs. What percentage of the Oracle pros out there are certified by oracle?
> >is it absolutely necessary to be certified? I don't want to go to school for
> >1 year just get certified by Oracle. If it is necessary what is the quickest
> >way to get it?
> >
> >Thank you for any help, suggestions,etc...
> >Ryan
> >
Received on Mon Dec 28 1998 - 13:28:57 CST