RE: Re: "Application DBA"

Bill,

Did you point out to them how *freekin wrong* they had been?!?!?!?! I would not have been able to resist the free shot.

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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rgaffuri_at_cox.net scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon:

> more and more employers are requiring OCPs and 'related degrees' such
> as computer science or a masters degree. At least in the US they are.
> How are things in other parts of the world?

that they are and experience doesn't seem to count either. i was refused interviews for a number of jobs because i have neither a degree or an OCP. and while interviewed for others, they hired someone with a degree [in one case a degree in history] and no experience. i even had one place come back to me a couple of months after not hiring me, asking if i would work for them as a contractor to clean up the mess the person they did hire made. i had just taken this contract at the time so i graciously refused.;-)

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