Re: Becoming an Oracle DBA?

There are a hosts of online sites devoted to Oracle, some with excellent certification study materials. The Oracle site itself, including MetaLink and Technet, are good. We host a site with nearly 1,000 Oracle related questions in many of the areas covered by the certification exams at http://www.networkessentials.com/certified/ocp There are also braindumps. A good site with lots of links is www.orafans.com.

In article <92lmnr$k7ss$1_at_newssvr06-en0.news.prodigy.com>,   "Karen A McGaskey" <KANDREAM_at_prodigy.net> wrote:
> I am thinking about becoming an Oracle DBA. I don't have a job or any
> experience in the IT field. I am currently taking Access courses,
 then I
> will take SQL courses, after that I plan to take the Oracle 8i
 training
> offered by DB Domain (which offers hands-on exercises practice w/ the
 Oracle
> Server). My 1st question is w/o a college degree if I pass all the
 exams and
> become a certified Oracle DBA would I be able to obtain an entry-level
> position? If not please let me know if I should not consider this
 profession
> w/o any experience? I don't want to waste my time and money if that
 is in
> fact what it would be. I would also like to know if I do pursue this,
 should
> I take my exams after completing the training and exercises for that
 exam or
> should I take all the exams at once? Another thing I'd like to know
 is if
> and where could I find an Oracle DBA mentor? I also heard that if one
 wants
> a life they shouldn't consider this as a career choice. But I also
 know that
> if you want the money that DBAs are paid you have to make sacrifices
> somewhere and that is one of them i think. Well, if anyone could
 please be
> of any assistance I would greatly appreciate it.
> Thanks,
> Karen
>
>

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