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I'm an engineer in the (collapsing) mining industry looking for a
carreer change. I need to find a career that will get me back to
$60K/year fast. Oracle DBA seems to fit the bill. I'm quite
proficient in MS Access but have no Oracle experience.
Question 1: is there a big difference in complexity of say Oracle 8 and Access? - is it reasonable for me to think I can get up to speed on Oracle 8 without using it day in day out.
Question 2: Are the Oracle CD ROM tutorials really effective assuming no other Oracle exposure - can I pass the certification exams using only the CD ROMs?
Question 3: Are the CD ROM tutorials availale used (parting with that
$6K would kill me right now) - is that even legal, are they licenced
only to the original purchaser?
Question 4: If the answers to Q3 are favorable, where would I find a seller?
Question 5: Assuming I'm pretty smart and work a couple of hours a day on the tutorials, how long till I'm a "certified Oracle proffesional"?
Question 6: Assuming I bust ass, pass the exams and get certification, will someone give me a job with no actual DBA experience and no coding / programming knowledge.
Any advice from someone who has some experience in the above would be much appreciated.
Regards
Robert Shanks
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Received on Sat Feb 20 1999 - 00:15:12 CST