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

Hi there,

    I have now about five years of Oracle experience. I truely and sincerely believe that OCP certification is like putting a golden gild yet it's just mere decoration, not constitutionally justifiable.

    I would consider OCP if and only if I lost my job as a DBA now and all the new bosses out there require an OCP. In that scenario, to keep my body and soul together, I won't mind sitting thru the exams.

    Let me ask you: which person would you hire?

1. A guy with Computer Science degree, understand the theory of computation and keen of finding solutions and able to trace and solve

       OR
      B. With all certifications and he is product-oriented.

  

    I am annoyed by some OCP questions such as "What is the default value for inctype of imp?". Well, my answer is, "Can't you do an imp help=y to find out?"

    A good dba should be sound fundamentally with the foundation of relational database in the first place. Then any databases be it Oracle, MicroBloze SQL Server, Informix, DB2.. blah is just a matter of time to pick up!

    I wonder people like Thomas Kytes, Jonathan Lewis, blah are OCP? In fact, they do not need to be. They live their skills and their skills manify who they are.

   Allan W. Tham
   DBA
  (Non-OCP) Received on Wed Jan 30 2002 - 20:54:37 CST