Re: Instant DBA
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 06:05:21 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <6000f123-f872-4bb3-a5b4-ad9edb7f91d3_at_googlegroups.com>
On Monday, April 28, 2014 4:53:12 AM UTC-6, Noons wrote:
> On 27/04/2014 2:11 AM, Mladen Gogala wrote:
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> > against that The "certification" industry is a huge money milking cow and
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> > while honest in general, there are some companies on the fringes which
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> > are trying to deceive both the candidates and the employers, with some
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> Let's not forget who started the whole ball rolling with the
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> "certification" industry: Oracle themselves. Yes, even the "fringe"
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> ones were helped and "blessed" by Oracle. Still are. No matter what.
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> > references" - in PL/SQL. Another guy told me that "EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS
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> Hehehe! Love that one!
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> > doing the actual DBA work. DBA personnel comes from either a long work as
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> > a developer or a long work as a system administrator. There is no
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> > shortcut. OCP is not a guarantee that you will succeed. It is just a
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> > crutch used by HR people which is not all that important after the
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> > inflation of titles. Experience is irreplaceable and is what
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> > distinguishes a good DBA from the cheat. DBA also works with people and
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> > if there are holes in the understanding of the DBA job or knowledge of
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> > the technology, the DBA will be found out and fired. Yee who are reading
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> > this group, do not fall for this "instant DBA" craze, ruin thy career and
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> > waste thine hard earned monies on obvious deceits like "Sunit Labs" and
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> > alike. For goodness sake, those people do not even speak English!
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> Amen!