Re: I am getting my first Certification: 8i or 9i?

Thanks for the opinions.

At the moment I have no job. I was laid off in mid-March. (I am not 'desperate' for work, but woud like to have a steady job so I can buy new toys from time to time.)

There is no practical way I can think of to get experience on Oracle newer than 7 any time soon.

It is my understanding that I could be an instructor at a local community college, if I am certified. Not well paying work, but it should be good exposure for me and lots of practice writing scripts to build and restore databases. ;-)

Jonathan

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003 00:55:16 GMT, pheonix1t <9090pheonix1t.at_at_earthlink.net909090.oio> wrote:

>Joel Garry wrote:
>> Jonathan E. Magnus <jmagnus_at_net1.removethis.net> wrote in message news:<mv9gavsbcbjiooudjl3j3isbeu7qdo2u8e_at_4ax.com>...
>>
>>>I have experience, but it is all on Oracle 7.
>>>I do not have a Cert on 7.
>>>I know 9i is the 'new' one, but I expect 8i to be around for a while.
>>>I can get the 8i cert with teh 9i 'update' for about $1000 less than
>>>the Cert for 9i.
>>>What do you think?
>>
>>
>> If you can get someone else to pay, go 9i.
>>
>> If you have a job in 7 or 8, do the update.
>>
>> If you have a job on 9i, don't do anything! :-)
>>
>> If you don't have a job, do anything! :-)
>>
>> Be cognizant of when the update option may disappear.
>>
>> jg
>> --
>> @home.com is bogus.
>> http://www.signonsandiego.com/citysearch/feature/220/
>well..in my opinion Joel a has good sense of humor!
>but seriously.....after working in the IT industry for a while, the only
>reason I see that could be a benefit for certs. is for the 'looks' of
>the IT firm. When you do ads and marketing, it looks better to be a
>certified vendor for oracle, ibm, citrix,...etc. you get the idea.
>The certs don't bring you any work, it's just for looks mostly.
>On a personal level.....follow Joels advice...it's good advice.
>
>
>Oskar
>
Received on Thu Apr 24 2003 - 22:36:03 CDT