From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Theo Schlossnagle <jesus(at)omniti(dot)com> |
Cc: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Iannsp <iannsp(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: About PostgreSQL certification |
Date: | 2007-01-23 22:14:31 |
Message-ID: | 45B688C7.90500@commandprompt.com |
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> Get a CCIE and tell me that again :-) When you are handed a complicated
> network of routers and switches running all sorts of version of IOS and
> CatOS and you go to lunch, they break it and you have a certain time
> allotment to fix it all.
>
> Most certifications are not simple multiple choice quizes. Just the
> ones you hear about -- the ones that suck.
>
>> I think seeing relevant training courses + experience on a CV trumps
>> certification anytime - unfortunately a lot of folks out there are
>> mesmerized by shiny certificates....
>
> Sure. But experience is very hard to get. And since people with
> PostgreSQL experience are limited, companies adopting it need a good
> second option -- certified people.
They aren't limited, just all employed ;)
Joshua D. Drake
>
> // Theo Schlossnagle
> // CTO -- http://www.omniti.com/~jesus/
> // OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. -- http://www.omniti.com/
>
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