Re: The point of Oracle certification

They could be useful if they were real exams. The way they are now, they bring confusion to the market as there can be 9i-certified folks with several months of experience competing with folks with 10 years of experience and no certification. I do not think the hiring managers can always tell the difference.

Sted Alana wrote:

> To All
>
> What is the point of Oracle certifications? lets face it, they are expensive
> and will become redundant in years. For example, a person who is Oracle 8i
> certified is now out of date because of the release of Oracle 9i. Why would
> someone pay to get re-certified to keep in tune with Oracle technology? My
> reasoning is that people get certified and recertified because their company
> pays them to get certified (i.e. they already have a job).
>
> Comments welcomed, by all means.
>
> Regards
> Sted
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Received on Sun Jul 07 2002 - 17:13:36 CDT