Rachel, A few years ago I was offered a job by a defense contractor in the area who was looking for a DBA, but more importantly a DBA with a still active clearance. Well all was well in 90% of that company, except HR. Simple answer, no degree no job. I don't have the degree so they absolutely would not let the paperwork through, end of conversation. So yes it does matter even when it makes no sense. BTW: they did fill the job a year later with a person who had a degree in English believe it or not. Her clearance was inactive & not current as well. Guess it's better than no clearance.
Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:29 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 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: Goulet, Dick 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).