Become a SQL Server Developer or Administrator

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Become a SQL Server Developer or Administrator

cthariharan

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January 29, 2009 at 12:03 pm

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Dear All,
I want to be a SQL Server Developer or SQL Server Administrator.
Kindly can anyone guide me which certification that I can do and it will be more helpful for me in my career.
Kindly give me more info. Thanks in advance.
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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 1

I don't know that certs will help in your career. They might, they might not.

There was a recent discussion related to that on this site. Check out:

http://qa.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic642830-10-1.aspx

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cthariharan Say Hey Kid Points: 698 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for the reply. I have got some info from that post.

But could you please give some more direct answers for my questions ? - i'm interested to be a DBA or sql server develper. can you tell certification will be useful to me ?

i have 3 years of experience in sql server. But not have a certification.

Thank you.

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 3

I've been a DBA for 8 years (will be 9 years in March), and my best cert is ... I don't have any. So, I really don't see them as being critical.

Find out from local employers what they consider important. Ask HR people and IT managers. If they are considered important wherever you are, those are the people who will be able to answer.

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cthariharan Say Hey Kid Points: 698 More actions · Answer 4

Yes. You are right. Your answer is very useful. I dont have that much level conacts with people who working in project manager / hr manager in top companies.

Maybe I can check with someone I find in future.

If you could able to provide me anymore info, kindly tell me.

Thanks.

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Nicholas Cain SSC-Dedicated Points: 33009 More actions · Answer 5

Check out the forum on certification.

If you can't decide what you want to be what would be the point in taking any cert? Of course a cert really means little in most jobs, it's just (or should be) a validation of the skills that you already have, and have worked on.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 397721 More actions · Answer 6

I've been a DBA, exclusively, for about 10 years now and no certification whatsoever. You just don't need one. Knowledge and experience are what really counts. If you have three years experience, and can demonstrate that it's not just 6 months experience repeated 6 times, you should be able to get an entry level position (assuming you can find one).

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442447 More actions · Answer 7

I've been working with SQL Server for about 12 years, no certs here either. Would not mind getting them as a validation, but i think experience says a lot more than a certification.