Re: PostgreSQL certifications?

I disagree with the supply demand argument.

I just went through a 100+ hour evaluation of 4 database products for
selection in an enterprise environment. Approx 200 databases for a total
of 11+GB of data with 4,500 users accross 110 departments. A substantial
undertaking.

One of the criteria was "Can our DBA team get formal
training/certification to support the selected product in our
environment?"

Without this, the organization is reluctant to even consider rolling
PostgreSQL our in a production environment, regardless of who thinks it's
good, how much it costs or any other technical reason. The IT staff never
gets an oportunity to showcase PostgreSQL because it is never put into
production. If it's never in production, there is never a job oportunity,
and without the job oportunity, the PostgreSQL community never create
training/certification. This is an endless circle.

Evan Rempel.

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Enrico Weigelt wrote:

> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:47:47 +0200
> From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt(at)metux(dot)de>
> To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] PostgreSQL certifications?
>
> * Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)libertyrms(dot)info> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > Until there is a job market that's active enough that you can see
> > dozens of PG jobs listed that need to be filled, I can't see a
> > certification being of vast practical value.
> ACK.
> But a training could be a good job. After succeeding this training,
> you'd also get a certificate, but that's something completely different.
>
>
> cu
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