RE: Certification
- From: "Freeman, Donald" <dofreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:39:48 -0400
I got my 9i certification a few years ago and when we upgrade to 10G in
my shop I will upgrade my cert. What I got that was of the most value
was exposure to things Oracle could do that we didn't do in my present
environment. This has helped me, over time, to participate in planning
sessions where different approachs to a problem are decided. Everybody
in those meetings goes in with a solution based on their experience. I
like to be able to answer the question, "Can Oracle do that?" when
asked and the certification program broadened my knowledge of Oracle.
Don Freeman
Database Administrator 1
Bureau of Information Technology
Pennsylvania Department of Health
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yavor Ivanov
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:12 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Certification
Well, it may sound strange, but I think getting AND regularly
upgrading OCP is worth it.
Don't think I and some just-graduate student. I am Oracle DBA
for 7 years. I was responsible for 12 Oracle servers most of the time.
For the last year I am working as a consultant, and I am consulting
customers. I work with lots of people, lots of data.
And I think going for OCP is WORTH IT.
The main thing about OCP is that you get to know about so many
possibilities. You can be successful DBA with knowing 30% of Oracle. You
can be absolutely successful Oracle 10g DBA with knowledge and practice
of Oracle 8i. But getting/upgrading OCP will get you to 80% of knowing
the last Oracle release. It will ease your life and your database users'
life too.
My (angry) 2 cents... :)
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Regards,
Yavor Ivanov
Senior Database Expert
Stemo Ltd
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