for those who don't read my blog (tsk tsk!)

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:24:57 +0100
Message-ID: <CABe10sbsBJeaxJs9UmNOEZM2rum00qYY9er+FV8rWRa33tBaFA_at_mail.gmail.com>

I'm reproducing a short entry I wrote at the behest of Oracle below. I, and I'm sure others, have been known to whinge from time to time about the OCP. Oracle Ed is at least asking practicing DBAs for their opinions, hence the post and the ad here. Apologies to the list admins if the ad is too much Well here's a blog entry I didn't think I'd write. One that comes as a direct result of a request from Oracle Corp, specifically Oracle Education. The email I received is reproduced below.

Today we are releasing an Oracle Database Job Task Analysis Survey to determine what tasks are important and relevant to Oracle Database Administrators as we look to define future Oracle Database Certification and Curriculum Offerings.

We would really appreciate if if you could help us by posting this information on your Database related Blog sites.

*Take the Oracle DBA Job Task Survey!...* Are you an Oracle Database Administrator? Would you like to help define the depth and scope of future Oracle Database training and certification? Join with other Oracle experts to take an online survey and tell us what tasks are important to you.
*Learn More*<http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=517>

I took the survey which you can find
here<http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=517> last
night. Overall I'm happy to help publicize the survey for the following reasons.

• Practitioners who actually do the job are probably a better judge of task importance than educators.
• Practitioners who actually do the job are probably a better judge of task importance than consultants like me.
• The OCP needs improvement and focus to remain of value.
• The OCP needs in my opinion anyway to provide proof of practical expertise and not book learning.

All of these issues can be addressed to some extent by actually asking practitioners what they do and don't find useful in the real world. One thing I wasn't expecting, but only because I didn't read the welcome page given how I'd got there, was the fact that you get a download of the 11g Interactive Reference guide at the end of the survey. Anyway please do take the survey<http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=517>, its short, focussed and worthwhile. If like me you occasionally whine about the OCP here's your chance to contribute at least something.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.orawin.info


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