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The Oracle Credential?
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| Factor>G< 2002-07-17, 12:27 am |
| Hello...
Ok I need answers and make em straight to the point (youch!).
Is it worth pursuing the Oracle DBA track, especially if one has no prior knowledge of databases?
The reason I ask such a question is twofold, first and foremost is it worth all the hard work and expenditure (my pocket) in today’s climate?
Secondly since most biggie companies (Fortune-100) use Oracle does one also need a degree just to enter their building??
It is never tooooooo late to learn; hence many people in life decide to study further down the road for whatever the reason.
A good one being a change of career for example.
This leads me nicely on to my third and final question for this evening folks.
I guess if one has gained the Oracle status - God bless ya, one will probably be housed within an Ivory tower that's within that biggie building.
Thus would such companies/buildings lol which include the Ivory Penthouse suit (smile) entertain a degree be it via the online study method???
I conclude did you manage to enter said biggie building and heaven forbid lol with only your Oracle credential.
I seriously hope so, if not where does this leave the state of play regarding the future of Certification.
Later
>G< | |
| nick_hobbs 2002-07-18, 10:51 am |
|  Now come on you're after the nice little flaming envelope aren't you.
Well I've said it before, but I love me own posts so...
An Oracle cert gives a good structure to learn the mechanics of the product. It does not necessarily make one particulary good at using at.
IMHO, without experience it isn't worth a cent, let alone in the current job market.
You're probably right about the degree and possibly your age group (Blair : "UK isn't ageist", yeah right!).
Having said that, I don't have a degree and am sitting here comfortably ensconced in a DBA role (bit middle weight rather than fully experienced). I was just lucky.
Future of certification. Hmm good one. Most employers kinda like it but it's not on their hot list, unless you work for Oracle that is.
Bottom Line : If you have the time and cash, and you don't expect a swarm (I use the term through experience) of recruitment agents buzzing round you, then go for it. Learning never did anyone any harm.
All the best
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| laloca 2002-07-20, 11:34 am |
| AFAIK you don't need a cert working with Oracle - nor they would sponsor it. Why should they make their employees more valuable for the market? |
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