Re: Training

Certification alone will NOT get you a job. You'll first need to get your foot in the door and then take the training and certification. You need to be able to use what you learn immediately or you will forget it. Nothing beats hands-on experience even if you have to start at the bottom. I have been a DB2 and Oracle DBA for over 10 years now and haven't been held back by lack of certification

Jova wrote:

> Does anyone know of good school where I can attend to become a Oracle DBA
> certified. Also a school that will help you at least get a interim job
> somewhere. A lot of these schools claim they help with job assistance but,
> you don't even learn enough to become certified. I went to a school on Long
> Island that claims get you certified in all 5 five categories in like 12
> weeks of training going only 2 days out of the week for 3 hours. The first
> 6 weeks they spent time on SQL and PL/SQL. I feel I didn't get much out of
> it so, I stop going. I feel there is know way you can learn what you need
> to know in that little bit of time. Bottom line I want to go to a school
> where someone has went to and learned what they need to obtain a job and
> certification. Any suggestions I will gladly appreciate.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jovaughn Lockridge
Received on Tue Oct 02 2001 - 17:59:04 CDT