Re: Outrage that OCP exams are now unproctored - Comments?

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<J3BO9.10089$jM5.29191_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> "Steve Jorgensen" <nospam_at_nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:ccll0v8og5jvhv9e6eko6cdpg61e0lvqos_at_4ax.com...
> > On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 19:23:41 -0000, "Paul Brewer"
> > <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >"Don Burleson" <don_at_burleson.cc> wrote in message
> > >news:998d28f7.0212250820.5cc2fb6_at_posting.google.com...
> > >> Greetings,
> > >>
> > >> I have heard a rumor that the Oracle9i OCP SQL exam is unproctored:
> > >>
> > >> "The new exam is un-proctored, meaning that you can take the exam
> > >> unsupervised at your own location. If you do not have good internet
> > >> access, proctored exams are delivered in a secure testing environment,
> > >> at an Oracle University Training Center or Authorized Prometric
> > >> Testing Center."
> > >>
> > >> Because there is no guarantee that the person taking the exam is the
> > >> same person who registered for the exam, many DBAs feel that this
> > >> practice degrades the value of Oracle certification, and makes it even
> > >> more worthless than before.
> > >>
> > >> Comments?
> > >
> > >You can't devalue something which was worthless in the first place.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >Paul
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Worthless to whom?
>
> To the industry.
>
> Employers worth working for know it's a heap of doo-dah. Employers who think
> it means something aren't worth working for.

So are you saying Oracle isn't worth working for, or that Oracle knows it's a heap of doo-dah?

>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
>
> >
> > I'm someone with extensive background in MS SQL Server. In my case,
> > shouldn't Oracle certification show that I've learned the specifics of
> > Oracle, and thus be of great value in conjunction with my long
> > background in relational databases when I apply for a job using
> > Oracle? To me, the Oracle exam as it has stood until now sounded
> > worthwhile, and this unproctored thing is bothersome to me as I have
> > yet to take the exams and obtain my certification.

jg

--
@home is bogus.
http://www.y2cosplay.com/DooDah/DooDah00/DooDahpics.html