Re: Oracle Certificate??

Hi Unbreakable,

If you expect an OCP certificate will be enough to get you a job, the high probability is you will be sadly disappointed. It might be enough to differentiate you from other inexperienced souls going for a junior DBA role, but then again it might not.

I can only speak for the Oracle DBA market in Australia and such market remains very difficult. In the Canberra market specifically there have been a number of DBA positions become available but they have been for very experienced applicants only. Most junior DBA positions are being filled by internal people moving across typically from developer backgrounds. This I believe is a common trend. The contractor market is also somewhat quiet but there's enough work if you have the necessary experience and reputation.

I wouldn't give up on Oracle if I were you because you most certainly can have a very rewarding and successful career. However I'm not sure that OCP is necessarily the way to go. I think focusing on your pet store application and showing you have the imitative to use and apply Oracle would open more doors.

My thoughts.

Richard
"Unbreakable" <waichoi_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3c38d571.0208250730.305ea6c6_at_posting.google.com...
> Is it worth it? I only need to spend total of $1,000. US. Buy the
> online exam ($59 each X 4) and 4 exam fees ($150 X4). The pratice
> exam claim guranteee you pass.
>
> I setup the oralce 9i in home PC under linux with Tomcat. I put the
> pet store (Jsp sample) into it and do some custom project. Using
> dns2go to publish my site. I do learn more in the seocnd way.
>
>
> If the certificate cannot get me the job I wanted. What's the
> point. How can I get an Oracle job I always dream of? Even unpaid
> internship?
>
> Microsoft job is very easy to get start. But I feel there a
> limitation for a VB/ASP with SQL Server. There's no different between
> 5 and 10 years of experience of Microsoft. However, Oracle with
> jsp(EJB. Java, J2EE) is hard to get start but I do see the potential.
>
> So, am I making a right decision going for Oracle? I might never
> get an Oralce job? SHould I give up and head for Microsft stuff.
Received on Sun Aug 25 2002 - 23:14:52 CDT