Oracle is an application while RHEL is an operating system. Certification in Oracle is an application certification. Certification in RHEL is an OS certification. See the difference? SQL* is NOT the CLI! Oracle trains people how to use the database. Why do you think that they are trained in a shell or the CLI? Bizarre.... On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ryan Golhar <golharam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Its funny. I know someone who is Oracle certified, yet she doesn't know > the first thing about getting around in a shell. Always made me think what > these certifications really mean. > > > > Stephen Carville wrote: > >> On Friday 22 August 2008 5:48 am, Johan Booysen wrote: >> >>> Yep they will be paying. I see what you mean and of course it's true in >>> terms of having a piece of paper as opposed to actually being able to do >>> this or that. >>> >>> Having said that, people over here also like the idea of things being >>> quantifiable, including certifications and suchlike. So they're >>> investing in staff training, which I think is great. >>> >> >> Something that often gets overlooked in these discussions is that certain >> contractors insist on certain certifications. This is especially true of >> the US government. Several years ago I was competing with at least two >> Solaris admins I knew were better qualified than me at that time. Despite >> that, I was chosen because I have a BS degree in Telecommunications and the >> other two guys didn't have any degrees. The contract required so many >> Bachelor degrees so many Masters degrees and a couple three Phd's had to be >> on the project. >> >> Go figger... >> >> It's not just for governments either. Several times in my career I've had >> to sign a release so my employer could attach evidence of my >> "qualifications" to a bid. It may sound silly -- it does to me -- but that >> RHCE may someday make the difference between your employer getting a >> contract or not. >> >> -- >> Stephen >> > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
