Re: Is Sr. DBAs afraid of not be able to pass cert exam ??

Keith,

    You didn't get much out of your first year of DBA work, did you? You remind me of the poeple who claim to know 'everything' there is to know about computers. I ususally run away when I hear that.

Tom
www.oraclepower.com

"Keith Boulton" <kboulton_at_ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:poO58.40790$4i5.5448099_at_news11-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > there isn't anything to gain, why bother? If I had a choice of hiring
> > someone with 4 years experience and OCP and someone with 10 years of
solid
> > experience, I'd choose the latter every time. The problem with
>
> Then you're a fool. Anyone with half a brain can learn everything they
need
> to know about Oracle in a single job in less than a year. The only other
> thing they need to know is how to find out the stuff they don't yet know
as
> and when they need it.
>
> After that, it's a matter of what's required for the job: oracle apps,
data
> warehousing, how the client software interacts with the database...
>
> Most knowledge acquired more than 5 years ago is utterly irrelevant.
>
> There is no practical difference between 4 and 10 years experience - at
that
> point, the issue is the difference between candidates' understanding,
talent
> and motivation.
>
> I've worked with many people with 10 years experience which consisted of
the
> first year repeated 10 times.
>
>
>
Received on Wed Jan 30 2002 - 11:41:41 CST