Re: $ Value of DBA Certification

When interviewing new DBA candidates, it's pretty easy to ask what certification they have. In fact, I would take an Oracle DBA certification and two years experience over a college degree. That shows me the person works very hard to improve himself (ususally male, not always) and make the best use of talents he has. One DBA I hired was studying for his OCP exam and could recite sections of his study materials from memory. Talk about an on-the-spot problem solver! A junior DBA we hired has as one of his MBO goals is to get his certification in a year.

Having the OCP listed as an accomplishment makes justifying a pay raise or bonus much easier for the manager. I may have given a DBA a 10% raise vs. the company COLA of 5% just because of the marketplace. Much above that and I'll need some political ammunition.

Then there are somepeople on this board I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole. I wouldn't care if Mr. "wombat" had a certificate from the Pope. I expect a miminum of people skills to work with internal and external customers.

Your figure of $9000 might be a little high in the Chicago area. But if I had to give a figure, $7000 wouldn't be unreasonable for a salary bump. It's hard to extricate the OCP as a separate element of someone who is going from a Jr. DBA to a Sr. DBA. The OCP seems to accelerate the process.

My25/c.

<decompton_at_worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:8gf255$6lg$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Our consulting firm has keeping current on our certifcations as one of
> the "criteria" for our bonus.
>
> I feel the real benefit is that the certifcation can be a tie-breaker
> on getting into a new client. If you get the experience, and some
> decent projects, the $$$$ will take care of itself.
>
> I'm not sure how to value the certifcation outside the consulting world.
>
>
>
> In article <8geaqu$bhe$1_at_oac2.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>,
> "Kirk W. Conrad" <kwconrad_at_mdanderson.org> wrote:
> > The institution I work at is evaluating the amount of extra
 annual money
> > that might be paid to employees that pass Oracle DBA certification
 when the
> > certification is made a requirement for some positions. No money
 would be
> > paid until all tests are passed.
> > My guess is at least $9,000, of course I may be biased sinced I'm
 a DBA.
> > One reason I give this figure is because that's at least one and a
 half
> > years I'll have to forego a lot of time with family and friends, and
 the
> > requirement would not be voluntary.
> > Has anybody else had their employer put a dollar value on this or
 had to
> > do so as an employer?
> >
> > Kirk
> >
> >
>
>
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Received on Wed May 24 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT