Originally posted by julian
Originally posted by jovery
Personally when I employ/interview DBA's I still test their ability (OCP or not!) and experience more definitly shines over a piece of paper.
:-) Jim, experience means: "He has done the same thing many times and he does not need to think when he has to do it next time". Within 6 years of "experience" you might have never heard of, for example, histograms or RAC. Now, be sure, that a 9i OCP knows these things.
Correct it must be an amalgam of both.
How you approach to attain your ocp or whatever certification is the important question.and what you wanna do with it after you've achieved it.
In my opinion certification is important as it says something about you. Giving it a good name or a bad name is entirely the responsibility of the cert. holder.