- Put the training on your resume.
- Try for a job that you may like rather than a very high paying one
- they high paying one will likely term you. Get some experience and
expand on the training.
- Download Personal Oracle 8 or 8i and play with it at home (or on
the job).
Charles wrote:
>
> Thank you Andrew,
> I guess what I wanted to ask really is : I'm interrested in getting involved in
> Oracle and all that's related and they (Oracle) are offering the intensive 5 days
> course. What can I expect from such a course?
> Is there a better way to go about it?
> Any input will be appreciated.
> Regards.
>
> Andrew Warford wrote:
>
> > I agree that no one in their right mind would let some one with a one week
> > class near a corporate database containing millions of dollars worth of data.
> > However I got drafted with absolutely no experience or training to be in charge
> > of such a database. They fired the previous fellow and pulled me off what I
> > was qualified for to handle the database. It was scary. No one on site knew
> > anything about it and I was supposed to figure it out without so much as a day
> > of Oracle or SQL training. Of course they wouldn't have hired me off the
> > street to do this. Its amaze that the whole thing didn't end in tears. It
> > took 6 months before I could get any formal training.
> >
> > Oracle experts are so much in demand and in such short supply these days that
> > anything could happen. Of course we did say anyone in their right mind...
> >
> > d_a_francis_at_yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >
> > > Sad but true....... no one in their right mind will let you near a corporate
> > > database containing millions of pounds/dollars worth of data with five days`
> > > worth of experience .......
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > Sybrand Bakker wrote in message
> > > <967271188.18956.0.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl>...
> > > >You really think you can learn Oracle in 5 days!
> > > >That's a good one. Reading and understanding the sql reference and pl/sql
> > > >manuals alone willl take more than 5 days, and then you still have *no
> > > >experience at all*
> > > >
> > > >Lol, lol, lol
> > > >
> > > >Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >"Charles" <Karaille_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > >news:39A7449C.CC1BB190_at_yahoo.com...
> > > >> I planning on taking the 5 days "The Complete Course - Introduction to
> > > >> Oracle:SQL & PL/SQL.
> > > >> What can I expect after completing this course. What kind of jobs?
> > > >> salary?
> > > >> Thank you for any info.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Warford
> > 2921 West 78th Avenue
> > Anchorage, AK 99502-4510
> > 907-243-6713
> > 907-248-3119 Fax
> > Andrew_at_Warford.com
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