# Oracle/computer certificates - finding info on them

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oracle-computer-certificates-finding-info-on-them/585932>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 18, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oracle-computer-certificates-finding-info-on-them/585932 "2011-06-18T13:31:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oracle-computer-certificates-finding-info-on-them/585932/1 "2011-06-18T13:31:27Z")

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What are the good computer/technical related certificates now? I think the Cisco certification has kind of faded, for instance. I’ve been instructed by my church group mentor to look into this on the theory that a back up to teaching might be needed.

Is there some insight/advice you can give, or is there some sort of information hub about what certificates allow you to do, what the average/starting pay is for certificate holders, and maybe some idea of how much trouble they are to get? I know this is probably asking for a lot.

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**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oracle-computer-certificates-finding-info-on-them/585932/2 "2011-06-18T14:05:09Z")

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> [@Cardinal](#):
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> What are the good computer/technical related certificates now? I think the Cisco certification has kind of faded, for instance. I’ve been instructed by my church group mentor to look into this on the theory that a back up to teaching might be needed.
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> Is there some insight/advice you can give, or is there some sort of information hub about what certificates allow you to do, what the average/starting pay is for certificate holders, and maybe some idea of how much trouble they are to get? I know this is probably asking for a lot.

Do you curently have any marketable computer-related skills? If so, I’d just start there. An Oracle certificate on a resume that has zero experience with Oracle isn’t probably going to get you very far. Paper tigers are a dime a dozen in quite a few computer-related fields. It’s better to have some real working experience to build on.