Re: About PostgreSQL certification - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: About PostgreSQL certification
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Msg-id 45B688C7.90500@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: About PostgreSQL certification  (Theo Schlossnagle <jesus@omniti.com>)
Responses Re: About PostgreSQL certification  (Theo Schlossnagle <jesus@omniti.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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