Re: $ Value of DBA Certification

Our consulting firm has keeping current on our certifcations as one of the "criteria" for our bonus.

I feel the real benefit is that the certifcation can be a tie-breaker on getting into a new client. If you get the experience, and some decent projects, the $$$$ will take care of itself.

I'm not sure how to value the certifcation outside the consulting world.

In article <8geaqu$bhe$1_at_oac2.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>,   "Kirk W. Conrad" <kwconrad_at_mdanderson.org> wrote:
> The institution I work at is evaluating the amount of extra
 annual money
> that might be paid to employees that pass Oracle DBA certification
 when the
> certification is made a requirement for some positions. No money
 would be
> paid until all tests are passed.
> My guess is at least $9,000, of course I may be biased sinced I'm
 a DBA.
> One reason I give this figure is because that's at least one and a
 half
> years I'll have to forego a lot of time with family and friends, and
 the
> requirement would not be voluntary.
> Has anybody else had their employer put a dollar value on this or
 had to
> do so as an employer?
>
> Kirk
>
>

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