Re: Is Oracle DBA cerificate useless ?!!!!

"Sam Talebbeik" <sam777t_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:9ec3a1ef.0106111411.574eac78_at_posting.google.com...
> Folks,
>
> I have posted a couple of questions about getting Oracle DBA certification
> on this news group in the past few days.
>
> So far the feedback that I have gotten has been very negative. One person
> even commented that the DBA training and the exam questions have nothing
> to do with the "actual" DBA work and the Oracle shops really do not care
 who
> has and who does not have a certificate.
>
> I am completely confused and I need more comments from Oracle old timers
> particularly those with a certificate.
>
> Doesn't the certificate actually show that you have the "minimum"
> requirements for a DBA job ? I looked at the course material for the DBA
> and it looks very relevant (PL/SQL, Installation, Perf monitoring, Backup
> and recovery).
>
> Regards,
> Sam

Various people without any real world Oracle experience have been reported here to pass the exam.
If you ever have been looking at trial exams you will be aware that they are trying to set traps, partly by badly phrased questions. I can't proof it, but I would also guess you have extra difficulty passing the exam if English is not your mother tongue.
Hence, the exam proofs only you did master some 1300 pages of training materials, it didn't proof you will survive in a real world environment.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Mon Jun 11 2001 - 17:38:29 CDT