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RE: OT: RANT ABOUT OCP, Re: Small help

From: Rachel Carmichael <carmichr_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:45:44 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002DB8C9.20010329073529@fatcity.com>

basically the same... although I passed the 8 to 8i upgrade before I had passed the 7.3 to 8 and by the time I got the 8 cert, the 8i one had expired.

but I made it a point of honor NOT to do anything to prepare for these tests... I guess really good though :)

>From: "Deshpande, Kirti" <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: OT: RANT ABOUT OCP, Re: Small help
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 06:35:31 -0800
>
>Same with me.
>And as budgets dwindled, I stopped after getting my 'shingle' for Ora8
>(upgrade, that is)..
>
>- Kirti
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joseph Testa [SMTP:teci_dba1_at_hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:06 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: OT: RANT ABOUT OCP, Re: Small help
> >
> > Anyone who's watched the list for a week will know me, no political
> > correctness here :) and thats probably the only reason i am OCP, the
> > company
> > i worked for at the time, paid for the tests and gave me a bonus to
> > complete
> > them. :)
> >
> > joe
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Thater, William" <ThaterW_at_telergy.net>
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> > >"Joseph S. Testa" wrote:
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> > > > Lee, i'm with you 200%,
> > > >
> > > > oh and for the original addressee(and others) if you can't figure
>out
> > > > what the heck that simple pl/sql block is doing(or where to figure
>it
> > > > out), then quit diluting the OCP worthiness, people who study just
>to
> > > > take the OCP and have no experience just go to further the waste of
> > > > paper that the certificate is printed on. :)
> > > >
> > > > joe
> > >
> > >you know you really should tell us just how you feel and not beat
>around
> > >the bush that way.;-)
> > >
> > >i got asked yesterday by damagement why i wasn't certified. when i
> > >asked if they would pay for the courses/exams they didn't seem to think
> > >that was "in the training budget". so i said they's just have to put
>up
> > >with me the way i was and got back to building the database
> > >infrastructure.;-)
> > >
> > >oh well, guess i'll end up loosing out to someone with an OCP.;-)
> > >
> > >--
> > >Bill Thater Certifiable ORACLE DBA
> > >Telergy, Inc thaterw_at_telergy.net
> > >----------------------------------------------------------------
> > >You gotta program like you don't need the money,
> > >You gotta compile like you'll never get hurt,
> > >You gotta run like there's nobody watching,
> > >It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work!
> > >----------------------------------------------------------------
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> > >--
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