RE: Certification

I got my 9i certification a few years ago and when we upgrade to 10G in my shop I will upgrade my cert. What I got that was of the most value was exposure to things Oracle could do that we didn't do in my present environment. This has helped me, over time, to participate in planning sessions where different approachs to a problem are decided. Everybody in those meetings goes in with a solution based on their experience. I like to be able to answer the question, "Can Oracle do that?" when asked and the certification program broadened my knowledge of Oracle.

Don Freeman
Database Administrator 1
Bureau of Information Technology
Pennsylvania Department of Health

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Yavor Ivanov Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:12 AM
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Subject: Re: Certification

        Well, it may sound strange, but I think getting AND regularly upgrading OCP is worth it.

        Don't think I and some just-graduate student. I am Oracle DBA for 7 years. I was responsible for 12 Oracle servers most of the time. For the last year I am working as a consultant, and I am consulting customers. I work with lots of people, lots of data.

        And I think going for OCP is WORTH IT.

        The main thing about OCP is that you get to know about so many possibilities. You can be successful DBA with knowing 30% of Oracle. You can be absolutely successful Oracle 10g DBA with knowledge and practice of Oracle 8i. But getting/upgrading OCP will get you to 80% of knowing the last Oracle release. It will ease your life and your database users' life too.

        My (angry) 2 cents... :)

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Regards,
Yavor Ivanov
Senior Database Expert
Stemo Ltd
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Wed May 30 2007 - 07:39:48 CDT