Re: Case study for interviewing Oracle DBA

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:24:23 -0500, Ryan <ryan_gaffuri_at_comcast.net> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:07:53 -0800, Thomas Day <tomday2_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The OCP is no substitute for
> >> experience and may even be dangerous in that it gives the holder a
> >> false sense of compentence.
> >
> ya gotta fluff the resume. I'm doing java certification now too... the first
> test is stupid. It's basically syntax checkingThis is what a compiler is
> for... You hit the little button and it tells you where your syntax errors
> are. The second one looks pretty good. You get a set of requirements and
> have to write a small application.

oh crap. i started this stupid rat race in 1968 and i've programmed in every language you've heard of and a LOT you haven't. i take pride in being a true "hacker", pushing into all the corners of the OS and/or the database and pushing thing to run with more elgance and speed. and most HR people won't even look at my 20 years of development/dba experience with Oracle because i don't have any of those checkboxes.

this shits and i'm pissed as hell but i have only two skill sets and this is the only one i can use in "polite" society.

so i'm stuck, dpressed and bored.

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