Re: Oracle Certification

From: Ban Spam <ban-spam_at_operamail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 01:04:13 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns91FFB7D2F2D3ESunnySD@68.6.19.6>

"Sted Alana" <Sted_Alana_at_hotmail.com> wrote in news:3cccc3b5_1_at_news.iprimus.com.au:

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>> I work for a company which had annual revenue of just over $400M for
>> 2001. A person, regardless of credentials, would NEVER be hired as a
>> DBA with less than 3 years previous DBA experience. 

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> I guess it depends on the company, but I agree that experience is
> essential regardless of credentials. But consider this, would a
> professor of computer science who had no experience in the industry,
> god forbid, get the job?

What part of NEVER do you not understand?

The Professor would not even get an interview, even with 1 or more PhDs.

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>> You do the math. We average just under $2,000,000 in sales per day.
>> What does one hour of downtime cost the company?

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> works out $83333.33/hr

Wrong assumption! We are not a 24x7 shop; only 12x5. Received on Mon Apr 29 2002 - 20:04:13 CDT