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Re: KDE/new Redhat install (was Re: Has anyone ever been)
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Fri, 24 Dec 1999 21:23:23 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> > anyway, so I think I'll be getting the MCDBA first. 2 Exams to go
> > for that - Admin and Design/Implementation.
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> This is the part where I scream in horror and recoil violently.
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> Adminning MS is bad enough, but MS databases... Are you _sure_ you
> want to go that way?
I want to learn - period. We have more SQL Server implementations
on campus than anything else, especially Oracle. So yes, given my
present circumstances, I am sure I want to go this way. I could
decide to start working towards some sort of DB2 cert (assuming
there is one) but if I did it would be a purely paper-based cert,
since I wouldn't have a real system to work with - so what's the
point?
> > governmental educational institution, I don't know. I'm sure if our
> > legal dept could have crafted some sort of "we train you, you stay
> > here for 2 years or pay us back and we don't have to increase your
> > salary by a dime" contract they would have.
>
> They probably haven't thought of it - I know of other university
> admins who get those clauses for their training.
They have thought of it. We've heard talk of "they're working on
making this commitment-based" for about a year now - still nothing.
> I would say there's not much incentive for the employer to send their
> secretaries on certification, given that most certs don't really teach
> you anything practical.
Not sure about the "anything practical" side, mainly because I've
been completely self-taught until I started working on this, and
I've still managed to _learn_ quite a bit in my certification
process. 'Course, I had a foundation on which to build.
As for the secretary thing, from what I understand it is a self-prep
thing, so I'd imagine most bosses that find out their secretaries
get a 9% raise had nothing to do with their employees being prepared
for the test.
> > Not that I would care - 9% won't quite cut it for me at my current
> > rate anyway. :)
>
> Better'n what you have now.
Heh, true. Still, 1.09xCrap is still Crap. :)
> > Well, I'll leave the projection system for when we settle down and
> > buy a house. But I have a DVD player in my laptop. :) And it does
> > output DD 5.1. :)
>
> It does? I need to get me some cash, I think.
About $4,500. Luckily, I didn't pay for it. :)
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