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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 1

CirquedeSQLeil (1/21/2010)
Community college and clep your way through most of the credits - could get a lot of degree for that:-D
MIT - you might get a few semesters.

Not even close:

Nine months' tuition and fees for 2009–2010 is $37,782. Additionally, undergraduate room and board is approximately $11,360, dependent on the student's housing and dining arrangements. Books and personal expenses are about $2,858

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 2

It was cheaper back when I was interested in attending there.

There is a cheaper alternative currently for MIT - tell her to do the Open CourseWare program

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 3

Jeff Moden (1/21/2010)
Heh... wow! You can get a degree for less. :hehe:

You can studying here, not sure about the USA. (That 7.5-to-1 exchange rate really messes things up)

See why I say that's not a cert for the masses? Even ignoring the fee, the 3 weeks onsite training and assessments makes it a specialised cert, to say nothing of the depth to which they go.

Gail Shaw
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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

CirquedeSQLeil (1/21/2010)
It was cheaper back when I was interested in attending there.
There is a cheaper alternative currently for MIT - tell her to do the Open CourseWare program
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Can't do that. That is her goal and I am not going to discourage her. She is a sophmore in high school and has a 4.8 GPA at this time. We just have to hope she gets some good scholarships so she can achieve her dream.

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 5

Lynn Pettis (1/22/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (1/21/2010)
It was cheaper back when I was interested in attending there.
There is a cheaper alternative currently for MIT - tell her to do the Open CourseWare program
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
Can't do that. That is her goal and I am not going to discourage her. She is a sophmore in high school and has a 4.8 GPA at this time. We just have to hope she gets some good scholarships so she can achieve her dream.

Joking aside - it is a worthwhile goal. It was my school of choice back in the day, but plans changed.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004403 More actions · Answer 6

CirquedeSQLeil (1/21/2010)
If my Key Fob were several TB, would you still permit it?:-D

Only if you'd give me one of those bad boys. 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004403 More actions · Answer 7

WayneS (1/21/2010)
Lynn Pettis (1/20/2010)
You will find quite few people here that are more than willing to help mentor those who want to learn.
Lynn, Jeff, Gail, Gus, Jason, Lutz, Paul, Barry... yep, even if they don't know that they are mentoring, they are!

... and Wayne. 😉

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

Jeff Moden (1/22/2010)
CirquedeSQLeil (1/21/2010)
If my Key Fob were several TB, would you still permit it?:-D
Only if you'd give me one of those bad boys. 😛

Excellent, can buy my way through an interview 😉

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

SQLBalls SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4621 More actions · Answer 9

I had a friend once help me get a job interview. He met me at the airport so I had a friendly face to see before I went and interviewed. While talking I thanked him for the help getting the opportunity, and he said "Hey I just showed you the door, you have to be able to walk through it."

And he was right, I aced the interview, got the job, and did it well.

I look at certs the same way, a cert will look good enough on paper that a recruiter will try to place you, or someone who is not versed in the world of DB will look impressed. But eventually there will be the technical folks that come along, and ask a lot of questions based off of their learning and experience that will try to measure if you will be a good fit for their company.

A cert can help you find the door, and Heaven knows that Management loves them, especially in the contracting world where your resume is attached with the proposal.

I would also say they are very good if you are an involuntary DBA, and want to make a move to another company with the "official" title.

The 1st company I worked for out of college, if you expressed an interest to get a cert they piled on the work so you were to busy to try and get it. and I was told by one of the Tech guys who had been there for years, that the reason was to keep you from becoming more valuable. Because that would cost the company to keep you. It is hard to keep smart people if you repress them, and sure enough they had a high turn over rate.

A Cert never hurts, and it can help open up doors but you have to have the skills to walk through them on your own. Pick the field you want DBA, BI, or DB Developer and get the certs for that.

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