Re: Advice on OCP Exams

Hi Paul,
I do have some technical experience however it is not in the programming field. I was a computer technician for a year or so and I have worked as a MCSE for a bit. (Yes, the dreaded MCSE :-)) Now I just need to find somewhere that I can learn some Oracle. Hopefully I will be as fourtunate as you.

Thanks for all of the advice everyone!

On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:48:53 GMT, Paul Bennett <bennett_at_cc.gatech.edu> wrote:

>Do you have any other technical experience? If you have programming
>experience, for example, why not a programming job where you would be
>exposed to oracle. This will give you the opportunity to learn something
>new. This is how I have learned all of my marketable skills. Luck, I
>guess.
>
>-- Paul
>
>TBone wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your advice and for answering my post. I am trying to get
>> real life experience but no no will hire someone with no experience.
>> I hope to get this cert to get my foot in the door and gain experience
>> that way. I has never been my intention to "get rich quick", just to
>> be certified so someone will be willing to give me a start. I
>> understand that I will have to work from the bottom, and I look
>> forward to putting the theory into practice and learning from the
>> Senior Oracle people.
>>
>> Thank you for answering my question mnma! Thanks for your input
>> everyone!
>>
>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:37:55 GMT, mnma_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>>
>> >Since nobody has really answered your post. I will give my opinion on
>> >the DBA OCP exams.
>> >PL/SQL is the hardest, Backup & Recovery is the easiest. Network Admin
>> >is difficult only in the fact that there are so many questions on a
>> >small subject (though in real life it causes a lot of problems).
>> >I went for the OCP without any Oracle experience but lots of RDBMS
>> >experience. I passed all of the exams on the first go and was able to
>> >get a job as a DBA within 3 weeks of my last exam at about double my
>> >old salary.
>> >It is my experience that while there are a lot of DBA's out there.
>> >There are very few who are true experts. I find that with the DBA's I
>> >work with, I am able to contribute positively to my work and I do not
>> >feel like a newbie.
>> >The OCP basically says that you know the material that Oracle provides
>> >for its DBA courses.
>> >My advice would be to monitor the oracle usenet groups and keep track
>> >of difficult questions. Also collect as many scripts off of the web as
>> >possible. Study them and apply them at your work.
>> >
>> >Good Luck
>> >
>> >mnma
>> >
>> >
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>> >Before you buy.
>
Received on Wed Jan 19 2000 - 13:16:10 CST