In article <Qpsz2.5221$po.2141_at_c01read02.service.talkway.com>, Robert
Shanks <robnanshanks_at_sprynet.com> writes
>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?
Yes
> - is it reasonable for me to think I can get up to speed on
>Oracle 8 without using it day in day out.
No
>
>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?
>
Don't know
>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.
>
No-one has asked me for certification - merely for experience.
>Any advice from someone who has some experience in the above would be
>much appreciated.
>
>Regards
>
>Robert Shanks
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Diane
Received on Sat Feb 20 1999 - 10:01:56 CST
