Re: Student wanting some advice

"AS Pieterse" <13508636_at_sun.ac.za> wrote in message news:aiiuon$2a3p$1_at_news.adamastor.ac.za...
> Hi,
>
> I am currently in my 3rd year at university. I am studying B.Comm in the
> Management Accounting and Computer Science major. Since the start of last
> year I have been looking around into the different areas of IT I am able
to
> specialize in. I am actually one of those people who's lifelong dream is
to
> know everything about everything. I have made peace with the fact that
that
> won't be happening, so I would like to focus on one topic. I thought about
> programming in C or something like that, but in the end found SQL and made
> my way to Oracle and MS SQL Server.
>
> So anyway, I've made my decision about focusing on Oracle for a hobby and
> for a future career. I have bought a few books and am working through
them.
> I am planning on writing the first OCP exam before the end of the month
and
> want to be certified by the end of next year when I get my degree.
>
> What I'd like to know from you fellars, without putting me down with all
> that "YOU NEED REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE" stuff... Is it worth it for me to go
> through the trouble of getting certified(remember I'll be doing this in my
> free time, when NOT studying for my degree)? What books and study guides
> would you recommend? Lastly, is this at all possible to do? Will I be able
> to do the exams? If you don't think it's worth it, tell me why and if you
> don't think it's possible, tell me what I have to do to make it possible.
>
> I'm not out to make a quick buck, I'm a hard worker and a team player and
I
> happen to feel passionate about Oracle. So like I said, don't put me down,
> but rather try and point me in the right direction if you have a minute to
> spare.
>
> I appreciate you just reading this!
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Pieterse
>
> Stellenbosch,
> SOUTH AFRICA.
>
>
>

As there have been debates on the merits of OCP in the Oracle related newsgroups quite often, the best advice which can be given to anyone is avoid re-asking the question, and go to the presumably hard work of searching the archives at http://groups.google.com In that case it also more easy for you to ignore any advice you apparently don't want to get.

Regards

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

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