>MARK WROTE:
>I was wondering what comments or thoughts anyone may have on my current
>situation.
>
>I have been an application developer for the last 9 years on a database
>called 'Universe'. In the last 2 years I have decided from a career
>point-of-view (and technically challenging p-o-v) I was not going anywhere.
>The database is not being further developed and there is not real progress
>in terms of the software.
>So about a year ago I started cross training myself into Oracle. I have
>since completed most of the courses that I felt would give me what I need.
>This being a definite career path, money and mostly for me a very
>technically interesting future. (what with Oracle 8i, java etc...)
>Anyway I have since studied
>SQL,
>PL/SQL
>Developer 2000, forms I (ver 5)
>Developer 2000, forms II (ver 6)
>Developer 2000, Reports (ver 2.5)
>I have also worked a lot with Visual Basic and have done a little
>programming with JAVA.
>
>I feel that this gives me a very good grounding in Oracle and for the
>development that I would like to do in the future.
>I am now based in London and would appreciate suggestions on what the best
>way would be to get into a job where I can gain the experience I need to
>become a proficient Oracle / Developer 2000 programmer.
>All the jobs that I look at seem to have a minimum requirement of 2 years
>Oracle experience.
>This almost puts me back to the days when I was first looking for a job, in
>that you can not get a job because you have not experience but you can't get
>experience because you can't get a job.
>A typical catch22.
>Even though I have many years development experience and I have all the
>required training this does not seem to help when it actually comes to
>looking for a job.
>
>I am almost at my wits end. As I said any suggestions on how to resolve this
>problem would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Mark
>
>
>
>
>Hi Mark,
Have you thought about Oracle Certification?
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Received on Tue Mar 14 2000 - 18:48:25 CST
