Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Training

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003, Bret Busby wrote:

> > >
> >
> > I still think that there is a movement in many businesses to see the
> > role of DBA, sysadmin, etc. as that of a glorified technician rather
> > than a really serious professional.  Certifications are a part of it,
> > but it is a broader pattern.  This is especially true of the market of
> > mid-size businesses.  The larger businesses tend to have the lower ranks
> > manned by glorified techs, while the upper ranks are managed by the more
> > academic types.
> >
>
> I assume from the content of the above paragraph, that certification is
> regarded as applying to only administartors, be they DBA's or Systems or
> Network Administrators.
>

Old age is catching up with me. The sixth word in the second line of the
paragraph immediately above, should be "administrators".

> However, certifications such as the MCAD and MCSD, exist, for
> applications and solutions developers, and, there are offered by USA
> universities, across the Internet, certificates in web programming; in
> other words, also, applications developers (of sorts).
>
> The MySQL certifications, from what I understand, the four
> certifications, two existing and two planned, to which I have
> previously alluded, cover both administrators and developers.
>
> To cover both areas, are important, and, no doubt, equally important, so
> that developers, in addition to administrators, can obtain
> certifications that relecvt and afford recongition of, their skills.
>
>

It gets worse and worse. In the last line of the paragraph immediately
above, the third word, should be "reflects", and, the sixth word, should
be "recognition".

Apologies for the errors.

--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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