Re: Yet another certification question, with a twist

#1

on second thought, it seems more useful to get into the developer side
.... my understanding is that most DBAs first spend at least a couple
of years in development type functions. So why is it that most
companies, even schools focus ONLY on the courses for the DBA track
and not other tracks??? This is annoying because not only does the
DBA certification NOT prepare you for a DBA position, but it doesn't
look like you get into as much of the nitty-gritty things like PL/SQ,
therefore it doesn't prepare you for a developer function either ... i
don't know i'm still trying to figure all of this out.

mlm (AT) mintorealestate (DOT) com (MM) wrote in message news:<f18e04f8.0307142312.24b8216d (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...

Quote:

So I'm thinking about getting an Oracle certification. I realize that
this is not necessarily a guarantee in the job market and many people
differ on the real impact of an Oracle certification for employment.
My background is mainly with MS Access and Web databases with
ColdFusion, so I have some of the SQL basics down and a good general
idea relational databases. But this is the extent of my related
knowledge, besides one C++ course a couple of years back, which was
good, but was a long time ago. So I feel that taking a couple of
Oracle certification courses may be the easiest way for me to get
exposed to the application. The certification itself is somewhat
secondary. In fact, I was thinking of doing the Oracle9iAS Web
Administrator track because there's only one test involved...(except
that it doesn't seem as in depth as the DBA track, which is more what
I'm familiar with, I think). I don't think I'd want to get too deep
into the process, but go just to the Associate level to get my feet
wet and then see what I can do on my own from there. Any thoughts?

#2

MM wrote:

Quote:

on second thought, it seems more useful to get into the developer side
... my understanding is that most DBAs first spend at least a couple
of years in development type functions.

correct

There are exceptions. But why would anyone hire a DBA with no previous development experience when there
are so many developers out there with years of experience that would take the job?

I won't hire anyone as a DBA with less than five years development experience.
--
Daniel Morgan
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/e...ad/oad_crs.asp
damorgan@x.washington.edu
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