Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Mark Rittman points out that Oracle have just announced some changes to the OCP certification program. Chief amongst these is the news that it will only be necessary to pass 2 exams for the 10g DBA credential rather than the 4 currently required. The rationale for this is given as
I have to say that I'm not convinced. It probably is the case that 10g is easier to manage than its predecessors, but for me the education program was the single strong point of the OCP program. It has been far too easy for people with good memories, but little experience to pass the exams - if you want to go this route the exam cram books are good. As with the MCSE program this has meant that what is in principle a good thing has become, in practice, dilute. The quality of education that oracle themselves provide is excellent, but I cannot see how you can effectively teach all that is required to make good use of the power of the Oracle product in just 10 days. Exam 1 for example takes you from how to write a select statement to how configure backup sets and recover from various failure scenarios, by way of performance tuning and diagnosis and enterprise manager. In 5 days.
As it happens I do have the OCP certification, and am glad that I achieved it, but that was for the value of the education primarily, and the exposure to technologies that we don't use.
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By leveraging the innovative and automated features of Oracle Database 10g, Oracle University has significantly reduced the cost and time to train and certify.
I have to say that I'm not convinced. It probably is the case that 10g is easier to manage than its predecessors, but for me the education program was the single strong point of the OCP program. It has been far too easy for people with good memories, but little experience to pass the exams - if you want to go this route the exam cram books are good. As with the MCSE program this has meant that what is in principle a good thing has become, in practice, dilute. The quality of education that oracle themselves provide is excellent, but I cannot see how you can effectively teach all that is required to make good use of the power of the Oracle product in just 10 days. Exam 1 for example takes you from how to write a select statement to how configure backup sets and recover from various failure scenarios, by way of performance tuning and diagnosis and enterprise manager. In 5 days.
As it happens I do have the OCP certification, and am glad that I achieved it, but that was for the value of the education primarily, and the exposure to technologies that we don't use.
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I agree. I have passed the OCP twice. 8.0 and 8i. Currently, working on the 9i and then onto 10g. They were fairly rigorous to prepare for. But, I wanted to be a professional at what I do.
I currently work with someone that feels that the Microsoft way is the way to go. In that, if it can't be done in a few clicks, it is not worth doing. I don't agree with that attitude at all. Especially with an OCP.
The OCP stands for Oracle Certified Professional, not Oracle Certified Pathetic. If someone wants to go for their OCP, then they should have to work with it.
If they just want a TLA for what they do, then get an OCA.
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I currently work with someone that feels that the Microsoft way is the way to go. In that, if it can't be done in a few clicks, it is not worth doing. I don't agree with that attitude at all. Especially with an OCP.
The OCP stands for Oracle Certified Professional, not Oracle Certified Pathetic. If someone wants to go for their OCP, then they should have to work with it.
If they just want a TLA for what they do, then get an OCA.
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