Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote in message news:<un092me58.fsf_at_standardandpoors.com>...
> On Sun, 04 Jan 2004, damorgan_at_x.washington.edu wrote:
>
> > We are the only "profession" in which practitioners expect to
> > be able to work without credential.
>
> Bankers, Stock Analysts, CEOs, Managers, line-workers,
> Restauranteurs, Salesmen, ...
>
> There are plenty of professions where one works on resume
> credentials and not some industry standard.
>
> And, google is littered with you bashing the OCP, but I can't
> find any reference to your trying to devise better means of
> standardized qualifications. You end each bash session with,
> "Experience wins over OCP". I, to, agree with your OCP
> assessments, but I don't see how your google history shows you
> standing behind what you are touting here.
The OCP exists primarily to make money for Oracle, secondarily to make
lazy employers feel comfortable, and thirdly to massage the egos of
those who are willing to pay to get it. It is not a true professional
qualification, it does not show that you have achieved anything other
than memorising the facts required to pass the exam.
Received on Tue Jan 06 2004 - 04:34:52 CST
