On Mar 27, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Jorge Godoy wrote:
"Merlin Moncure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
On 3/27/07, Erik Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Not having looked myself, this is as much a question as a
suggestion, but
are there not postgres dba training seminars/courses you could
recommend
they send their dba's to?
There are some classes out there but in my opinion your best bet
(from
point of view of looking for good talent) is to get people that found
their way to postgresql themselves. In that sense you want to
hook up
with people from the mailing lists or develop contacts from within
the
community. So, training classes are useful for beefing up on
knowledge and learning new tricks, but postgresql dbas are born, not
made :)
I have the same opinion. Just look around and see how many "certified
something" are there and how many of them *really* know the
product, its
details, how to work with it.
Certifications don't even certify the minimum knowledge. They are
like tests
that we do in school: they show how we are feeling and what we
"know" (or
memorized during the night) at the instant of the test. Some
people even
cheat on tests (not that I'm saying it is done or is common with
certification
tests...).
So, if I have a good memory to retain information for a week, I'll
excel in
certification tests. But then, what after that week?
I'm against certifications for any product. It just doesn't show the
reality.
While I agree with everything you guys have said on this, my point
was that client's like seeing that kind of stuff. I'm sure a lot of
companies would give that second thought to converting their systems
over if they had what they perceived as decent training available for
their existing staffs.
erik jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
software developer
615-296-0838
emma(r)
