Re: Gain OCP 9i Without attending trainging courses?

"Ana C. Dent" <anacedent_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:mKMha.22065$qF3.21283_at_fed1read04...
> Alvin wrote:
> > DA Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:<3E873B4B.D8BDE8A_at_exxesolutions.com>...
> >
> >>Alvin wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi All
> >>>
> >>>As I know, it's necessasry to attend at least one official Oralce
training
> >>>before gain the OCP.
> >>>
> >>>Is there any alternative way? Such as buy training Video or .....?
> >>>
> >>>I don't have so much time to attend the training course.
> >>>
> >>>Please give me some advises.
> >>>
> >>>Best Regards
> >>>
> >>>Joseph Lin
> >>
> >>Please do all of us a favour and find yourself some other occupation. If
you
> >>aren't willing to put in the effort to be good I wouldn't want to work
with
> >>you and neither would anyone else who had a work ethic.
> >>
> >>The minimum amount of time you should devote to learning Oracle should
be
> >>measured in years.
> >>
> >>It is people such as yourself that have made the OCP a joke and made it
so
> >>that employers such as myself go out of our way to ignore OCP on a
resume.
> >>
> >>Daniel Morgan
> >
> >
> > Hi Morgan
> >
> > I take OCP very seriously and consider it as an important milestone in
> > my career. I ask the question because I think I should be qualified to
> > get OCP even without attending the official trainer-led courses so I
> > hope to know
> > if there's any alternative one.
> >
> > I've worked with Oracle for three years as a developer and 1 year as
> > DBA.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Joseph Lin
> If/when an experienced & competent DBA gets an OCP,
> it is the equivalent of giving chicken soup to a dead man.
> It can't hurt & there is a slim chance that it might help.
>

there are a small but increasing number of jobs that require OCP. Not tons, but a few. Helps in consulting too. Raises your billable rate. US government seems to like them some. Received on Tue Apr 01 2003 - 19:48:47 CST