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HansF wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 05:43:04 -0700, fitzjarrell interested us by writing:
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> >
> >> Andreas Sheriff (Oracle Certified DBA and PL/SQL Developer)
> >
> > The DBA track is one of two available for OCP. To claim 'Oracle
> > Certified DBA' implies Oracle Certified Professional, at least here in
> > the United States.
>
> Not any more. As of 9i, he can have 'Oracle Certified Associate' in the
> database track and still legitimately claim 'Oracle Certified DBA'. Simply
> means he got the first 2 tests done.
I stand corrected.
>
> (Where have you encountered a statement that Oracle Certified DBA ==
> Oracle Certified Professional. I'd like to stand corrected.)
>
Every resume presented to me during the hiring phase of employment. Again, I'm in the U.S. and it may be a different scenario here. Usually, on resumes, Oracle Certified DBA is joined by the OCP logo (provided when one attains the status of Oracle Certified Professional). As such, it's what I'm used to seeing, and how I'm used to interpreting the 'Oracle Certified DBA' claim. I stated this in my previous post. And Daniel Morgan agreed with the assessment.
> As I said, he's learned the lessons from marketing quite well. AFAICT, he
> didn't lie .. he led you to the edge and watched you jump. <g>
>
In my mind Oracle Certified Associates haven't covered sufficient material to consider themselves Oracle Certified DBAs. Oracle Corporation may have other ideas, so I won't disparage those with OCA in the DBA track from calling themselves 'certified', as, in some respect, they are. Indeed, our intrepid DBA may have led me to the edge of the precipice and waited until I lost my balance due to vertigo. But, I report situations as I've experienced them, and here, in the United States, a resume with 'Oracle Certified DBA' also states 'Oracle Certified Professional'. Possibly that is due to the myriad HR departments requiring OCP for such positions. OCA won't fill the bill as written by Human Resources.
And, so it goes. I guess things are different in the Yukon. :)
David Fitzjarrell
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