Developer Confused about Oracle's Certs

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I've thought about getting Oracle certified a few times over the years, but I've never liked Oracle's certification program. It is confusing, and their Web site is no better.

There seem to be three levels of Oracle certs:
OCA (Oracle Certified Associate)
OCP (Oracle Certified Professional)
OCM (Oracle Certified Master)

That seems to be true for DBAs as well as Application Developers. Is that correct?

I'd like to get certified as a database developer on Oracle 10g, since it is the newest version. I'm interested in database topics like writing stored procedures, functions, triggers, etc. Like most people, I have no interest in "Forms".

At

http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/certpaths.html

I see 10g certification available for DBAs, but not for developers.

At

http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/appdev9i_track.html

I see 9i certification available as an "Associate", but if you want to get certified above that, you have to learn "Forms".

So I guess I would want to get the "Associate" certification, but that certs sucks. They describe it like this: "At this apprentice skill level, Oracle Associates have a foundation knowledge that will allow them to act as a junior team member". That's no good. I can't put that cert on my resume!

I'm confused. Does anybody know when the 10g DEVELOPER certs are coming out, or what the program will look like?