degrees and ocps often do alot more than get you past the HR department. most jobs these days are short term temp jobs. temp companies offer you salary based mainly on your resume.
most technical interviews are a joke. I can make more money if I double my experience level and have a computer science degree from harvard, while at the same time halving my skillset and performance. ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:29 AM > Rachel Carmichael scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > > > Oh yeah -- how does having a college degree in art history make a > > person a better DBA? how does my degree, which is in computer science > > but which is 28 years old, have anything to do with current > > programming and database work? > > it gets you past the HR department so you actually get to talk to someone. > trust me, i know all about this one having neither a degree or an OCP. and > having lost jobs to those art history degree holders. [and yes i have been > asked to go back to those same places as a consultant to fix the mess. and > no i didn't.] > > -- > Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA > "I'm going to work my ticket if I can..." -- Gilwell song > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his > tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand > this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they > receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. - Albert > Einstein, when asked to describe radio > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Thater, William > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ryan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
