Re: for those who don't read my blog (tsk tsk!)

Niall, Jason

Reminded me of a story about Einstein, someone once asked him one of his
own formulas and he didnt know it. the student was shocked but Einstien
simply said i dont need to carry that around in my head and he is right.
Real world experience is not just about having do it but also about the
big picture about knowing what to do, why and where to find out; having
lots of step by step instructions learned rote wont help when you need
to make decisions

cheers

Pete

jason arneil wrote:
> Niall,
> Totally agree with the sentiments behind this and I'll be taking it.
> I've definitely got a couple points to get of my chest:
> 
> 1. Practical experience should not equate to having to take a *very* expensive
> Oracle education course. It is completely ludicrous for oracle to suggest
> (as have some in oracle education) that sitting on a course shows the
> candidate is not just a "paper based" dba. Any fool can turn up to a course,
> but that is no guarantee anything is going on.
> 
> 2. I really do feel some of the questions can be of the "what relevance to
> the real world does this have?" variety, or the "why would want to carry
> this information around in your head, when I could just look it up" variety.
> 
> Cheers for highlighting this, I'll definitely be taking the survey!
> 
> jason.
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>> I took the survey which you can find
>> here<
>> http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=517
>> last
>> night. Overall I'm happy to help publicize the survey for the following
>> reasons.
>>
>>   - Practitioners who actually do the job are probably a better judge of
>>   task importance than educators.
>>   - Practitioners who actually do the job are probably a better judge of
>>   task importance than consultants like me.
>>   - The OCP needs improvement and focus to remain of value.
>>   - The OCP needs in my opinion anyway to provide proof of practical
>>   expertise and not book learning.
>>
>>
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