Re: Is Oracle DBA cerificate useless ?!!!!

So, are your buddies are engineers.
I take it they are chartered engineers and members of a professional body and not just people doing engineering e.g. technical jobs? I choose a harsh example, but these are not throw away terms. You are either a chartered engineer or you are not an engineer, just a wanabe. As for qualifications, if my chef wasn't qualified I wouldn't care as long as the food was good.
But the pilot of my private jet..... or the surgeon?

George Barbour.

"Ethan Post" <Blah_at_Blah.com> wrote in message news:P9CV6.43066$%a.2290699_at_news1.rdc1.sdca.home.com...
> Try "Oracle" and "Certification", might come up with a bit more but that
 is
> not really my point. I will retract the term "require and prefer", I
 should
> have said "like". I saw a few job postings today in fact that said
> something like "Oracle certification(s) are a plus.". Don't get me wrong,
> most folks won't get cert and then get job but take a few of my buddies
 that
> are engineers. These types are always fooling around with things like
> Oracle on their own. I have told a few of them that their first job would
> most likely come working primarily as an engineer and then get a chance to
> show their stuff as DBA. From there they could move on to bigger and
 better
> things. The idea that every Oracle database is being manned by an
> experienced DBA is bologna. There are plenty of opportunities for less
> experienced individuals out their. However they are unlikely to land that
> first job by applying for an Oracle DBA position. They will need to be
 more
> creative than that.
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 13 2001 - 04:23:11 CDT