Re: Oracle entry level

s688i_at_bellsouth.net said...
> I have my degree in CIS 3 years ago. It never realy came into play on
> past job which was software sales. i was recently laid off 3 months
> ago . So I decided I would polish up my skills by enrolling in an
> Oracle program at a techinical school in Atlanta. It seems that
> oracle 9i developer using forms and reports is the way to go if you
> intend to be a DBA down the line. however no techical schools in
> atlanta teach Developer 2000 just datebase modelling and design,Oracle
> 9i SQL and 2 courses of Oracle fundementals I and II PL/SQL. Is this
> enough training couple with a CIS degree to possibly qualify for entry
> level developer job?
>

Since you create Forms triggers in PL/SQL, it wouldn't be wasting your time to learn PL/SQL if you want to be a Forms developer. I've known plenty of DBAs, however, who never went thru a period of being a developer ... just jumped right into a DBA (I think that's a mistake ... but that's just my opinion). Every DBA does need to know SQL.

The way the IT job market is right now, it's hard to say WHAT you should do to get that entry level job. Luck has as much to do with landing a job as skill does. If the technical school costs a lot of money, you'd be better off (probably) saving your money.

My son-in-law was an IT recruiter (head hunter) in Atlanta. For a while it was a heyday for him, getting fees for placing nearly every IT person who came into his office. Then all the Silicon Valley companies who moved to Atlanta for the reduced cost-of-living dried up. He's no longer an Atlanta head hunter.

Just what you needed, huh ... more bad news?

Best of luck.

-- 
/Karsten
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