Very good Anurag -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anurag Varma Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:49 AM To: juancarlosreyesp@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: Oracle certification - Worth the hard work? Don't you think its too much of a stretch comparing a M.D. to an OCP? It takes more than 7 years of hard work to become an M.D. Try comparing OCP to clown school. If you are a clown and cannot make the kids laugh, I'll take solace in the fact that you have been to clown school .... :-) Anurag On 8/12/05, Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco <juancarlosreyesp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > a) I can tell that definitively I had got a very positive benefit from > certification. > b) If I would have had a tutor previously to introduce to few key > topics, maybe I woudln't need the certification. > c) Even after the certification I need Tom Kytes advice. > d) The certification is only +1 in the evaluation. > Not only to hire the dba, else when you are working as a contract > business is important to show your personnel has a certification. > e) The certification, when there is a problem, gives you more credibility. > > What do you think? > If I'm a doctor and I cut your leg, because I say you can die, and I > don't have a certification in that speciality, or if I have, which > will be the difference? > > So if you certify better for you and for your boss. > > -- > Oracle Certified Profesional 9i 10g > Orace Certified Professional Developer 6i > > 8 years of experience in Oracle 7,8i,9i,10g and developer 6i > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Anurag Varma -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l