Cyril,

we need some encouragements on those who has the experiences and also
has ocp. As Rafig said, if I don't continue updated my ocp, I just know
something I have done, limited to my experiences. With ocp, I know
"WHAT", then I know "HOW"

Joan

M Rafiq wrote:
> 
> Cyril,
> 
> One positive point...
> 
> It force you to study all upgrade material and read through different aspect
> of oracle which we normally not read that thoroughly. It always helped me to
> do ocp upgrade exam to read more of new features else I was not reading it.
> however, it is not a replacement of my experience of 15 years with
> oracle(since ver 4 DOS and ver 5(unix)
> 
> Regards
> Rafiq
> 
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> I do hope the ocp 'looks well' on ur resume!
> and 'goes down well' with interviewers !
> 
> I personally think OCP has lost credibility for
> the following reasons
> 
> a. People are known to get through using the
>      'jack pot method' (ie close ur eyes and pray and click the
> option!)
> 
> b. People are known to sms the answers!!!
> 
> c. Finally everyone in the industry seems to know
>      that if not the 1st attempt atleast by the 3rd attempt
>      people 'have to get through'
> 
> Stuff like the above have made interviewers all over
> wary of "OCP candidates" who mouth a lot of jargon
> without the necessary experience.
> 
> This creates a unique problem where a candidate
> is likely to have a 'false sense of confidence'
> just because he 'read something somewhere'
> and this makes it difficult for the interviewer to
> 'imagine the candidate in his team working on workarounds ;)'
> and difficult for the candidate to 'learn'
> 
> So the interviewer is likely to take the 'safe option'
> of hiring a guy who has 'genuinely worked 10%' at 10% pay
> rather than hire a guy who has 'genuinely worked 10%'
> done OCP (10i!hahaha) and expects to be paid 100%
> and has airs :(
> 
> All the best
> 
> Cyril
> 
> PS: By the way ....Oracle claims that OCPs get paid more...
>       I have not seen such a thing...if 'someone around here' has
>       'seen such a thing' well....good...:)
> 
>       IMHO OCP is one good money making idea Oracle Education
>       developed.......why didnt I think of it earlier :(
> 
> On Mon, 26 May 2003 DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote :
>  >Congratulations! Well, was it as hard as you thought it was going
>  >to be?
>  >
>  >Dennis Williams
>  >DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
>  >Lifetouch, Inc.
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>  >
>  >Hello list
>  >thanks to you all and with the almighty's blessings i passed my
>  >1ZO-031 9i
>  >dba fundamentals 1 today.
>  >Thanks for all the help and advice
>  >...............
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