how do you prepare for the OCM Certification?
first a very nice discussion about the dba career
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1237559&start=30&tstart=0
Couple of Opinions about OCM
The OCM is a 2 day practical exam. You actually have to do things with the
database. It’s not a multiple choice exam like the other certifications. As
a result, it actually proves you can use Oracle for the tested scenarios.
The 2 day practical exam is very expensive. Added to this there is a
requirement to attend two Oracle University courses, which means the the
total cost is very high indeed. Of all the database certifications I think
OCM is the most meaningful, but I refuse to pay that sort of money out of my
own pocket. If an employer paid for me to do it that would be a different
story.
Official link to the oracle website about the OCM course
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_exam_id=10gOCM
Exam Objectives
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_exam_id=10gOCM#3
this is the OCM Candidate guide
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=176&p_canguid_id=ocm
Practical advice from an already OCM
http://www.pythian.com/news/1503/how-to-become-oracle-certified-master-ocm/