Re: OpenWorld
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:37:01 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTin50Rf-KeTcFGXWcS0bAwmcuENUvzq42YVUXpUi_at_mail.gmail.com>
I think it depends on if you are a senior or junior DBA.
If you are junior DBA then I think courses are better. It gives you more exposure, more hands on, instructor one-on-one,etc.
If your a senior DBA then I think conferences are better. At that level you are able to learn on your own. I find that conferences provide me with exposure to a wider range of subjects, which is enough to kickstart me in the right direction. As for Joe's comment, I haven't been to IOUG so I can't compare. However, I would say based on the feedback I have heard from last years Openworld unconference sessions, they were really good and may fill the gap.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:08 AM, <TESTAJ3_at_nationwide.com> wrote:
> People will hate me for this, so here goes :)
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> I think of openworld as oracle's dog and pony show. I find a lot of fluff not necessarily a lot of "this does not work as expected".
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> I prefer ioug collaborate conference.
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> Joe
> Sent from the crackberry, so please excuse the typos and terseness.
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> There is an opportunity for training, offsite training also. I was
> thinking OpenWorld could work just as well if not better. I need to
> write up justification and benefits for the training. I will have to
> look at MySQL here shortly I believe for backup/recovery.
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> Can anyone comment on whether OpenWorld would be just as good if not
> better than a 'course' out there. (I have not really gotten what I
> wanted out of a lot of courses at oracle itself).
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> If so, then why?
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> Thank you,
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> Joel Patterson
> Database Administrator
> 904 727-2546
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