Sybrand and other miss the point entirely, and I suspect deliberately.
DBA certification is not intended, as far as I understand it, to prove
that the holder can be a DBA for all seasons. It's intended to prove
that the holder has a good grasp of the fundamental technicalities
that are involved in the safe and efficient running of an Oracle
Database. As I've posted here before, certification is also meant to
show a certain willingness on the part of the holder to go through a
learning process. No qualification, at whatever level you might care
to mention, can give a guarantee to an employer about the other miriad
of personal qualities that go to making up a good DBA. At least if an
employer sees a candidate with certification they can to some degree
be satisfied that the person is familiar with the technical details
and satisfy themselves about candidates other qualities. Judging by
some of the tetchy, cranky and rude replies posted to this group on a
regular basis there seem to be plenty of DBA's around and 'surviving'
who are far from a perfect fit for the job !
Received on Tue Jun 12 2001 - 03:14:55 CDT
