Niall Litchfield wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:35:47 -0400, Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco
><jreyes_at_dazasoftware.com> wrote:
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>>Hi, this is a conceptual question, if you can please
>>
>>I want to expose a course about 10g new features, and I was thinking when I
>>could say
>>Juan Carlos Reyes ORACLE EXPERT (I'm not going to say that still)
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>I don't think that *you* ever can. Folk, especially in the Oracle
>world, will likely ignore the self-proclaimed experts and gurus and
>concentrate on judging people by their contributions. It is noticeable
>that sites like Jonathan's and Steve's (to be invidious and name but
>2) contain evidence of their quality of work in addition to their
>opinions on various matters. Take a look at the sites of other
>generally recognized experts and it would seem to me at least that
>this is a pattern. Marketing is useful, but there is no substitute for
>knowing your stuff .
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I also think it probably depends on the community you're in. At my work
place they call me their Oracle expert or guru but I know that,
especially in comparison to many on this list and elsewhere, I don't
even come close - but I don't correct them!! ;-)
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Steve
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Received on Thu Dec 23 2004 - 03:59:18 CST
