Re: I was referred here for advice

    It is definitely possible. But without experience you will have a hard time getting work. See if you can work for or with a friend, relative, neighbor for a year or so even if it's for free. Then you can claim a year's experience and enter the field.

    Set up a Windows NT machine at home to try things out. You can register as a developer on Oracle's web site for free, then have access to documentation. For $39.95 you can get a trial copy of Oracle for your NT box. The best way to learn is to try things.

    Finally, pick a question on this site every day and do the research necessary to give a correct answer.

Van

Pam Stevens <pkstevens_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:38B5DEA4.8A45DCCA_at_bellsouth.net...
> I have just begun the journey into a career change into the IT field.
> Before attending any career seminars, I was focusing on MCSE, but during
> my information gathering stage, I believe that an Oracle position would
> be better in the long run. I am not currently employed in an IT field,
> and realize that I'm not going to take a course or two, get certified,
> and be hired on as a Fortune 500 companies top DBA. My current plan is
> to take an Intro to Oracle 8 course. The facility offering this course
> claims that it is thorough prep for the first two exams toward Oracle 8
> certification, and would prepare me for an entry level position writing
> code as a database developer.
>
> Most of the people I've asked for advice don't seem to realize that I'm
> not trying to jump into a mid to upper level database position, and have
> been either unhelpful, or offered extremely negative advice, meaning
> I've been told that it is basically impossible to make a career change
> into IT.
>
> I would appreciate opinions as to whether I am going about this in the
> proper fashion, or if a different route would be a better choice to make
> this change. If you are of the opinion that changing from a non-IT
> career to an IT career can't be done, I'd like to know that too, and
> would like to know your reasoning.
>
> Any advice you can offer is appreciated.
>
> Tom Stevens
>
Received on Fri Feb 25 2000 - 16:03:42 CST