Re: Visual Basic and Oracle

Interesting...I'll check out your links.

Do you think Pro*C would be a better choice? In general, what types of jobs do you recommend that I look into?

Thanks.

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, TheDoDo wrote:

> You have come to the right place b/c there are many experienced programmers
> here who can offer you good advice.
>
> I'll start by saying the following. VB is dead. M$ is in the process
> already of slowly killing it off and replacing it totally with VB.NET.
>
> Check out: http://technet.oracle.com/tech/linux/
>
> Check out: http://www.inprise.com/kylix/
>
> Linux/ Unix people get paid some two to three times as much as the M$
> cutters and pasters that are a dime a dozen. The enterprise is looking for
> stability and flexibility and adaptability. M$ is a lock-in. And lock-ins
> leave you high and dry when the big boys decide to dump an installed base
> and force you to move over to another ad hoc technology such as VB.NET.
>
> The answer to your questions, the places to go, I have given you above. Be
> broad minded, develop rare but needed skills and you will command twice the
> salary as the current glut of VB dunderheads.
>
>
> "H_H" <gucciard_at_Bayou.UH.EDU> wrote in message
> news:Pine.OSF.4.21.0103262220210.26851-100000_at_Bayou.UH.EDU...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am working as a software engineer, but I'd like to make a career change
> > and go into the database field. Specifically, I'd like to eventually
> > become an Oracle DBA.
> >
> > Considering that I don't have any working experience in databases,
> > I was told that it would be hard for me to be hired as a DBA.
> >
> > I noticed many companys want to hire junior VB programmers.
> > In your experience, do you think that a position as a Visual Basic (+ SQL
> > Server or Access) programmer would help me get started, or do you think
> > this would be a bad career choice/path to begin with?
> >
> > Do you think that, let's say, 2 years down the road, a company would want
> > to offer me an Oracle-related job even though I have experience in
> > Access and SQL Server as supposed to in Oracle?
> > I would greatly appreciate it if you shared your point of view on this.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
>
>
>
  Received on Tue Mar 27 2001 - 08:51:17 CST