Re: Financial and Manufacuring users?
Date: 16 Aug 1994 03:29:05 -0400
Message-ID: <32pps1$gm5_at_search01.news.aol.com>
In article <771605035snz_at_gheard.demon.co.uk>, gheard_at_gheard.demon.co.uk ("Gary V. Heard") writes:
>I am a freelance contractor using the Oracle applications to earn a
living
I am a ex-Cobol Mainframer who has invested a lot of time using xbased products like dBaseIV and Foxpro. While watching the market in Denver, CO
over a period of time, I noticed almost all of the employers/contractors are screaming for Oracle/Unix. So, off to Oracle/Unix school I go for retrainining in order to stay on top of things, which seems nearly impossible. I wanted to know if you could tell me a few things before I leap.
- What is the future outlook for Oracle/Unix RDMS programmers?
- How much does Oracle differ from Foxpro? Is it all SQL-based only?
- What kind of pay range/advancement potential as a continuing consultant can I expect when I switch over, considering I have ten years experience, 7 of which is in mainframes Cobol, 3 in dBase/Foxpro and the last few projects leading them from zero to hero as a project mgr.
Please shed any kinda light on this seemingly unfocused soul.
Thank you
by the way e-mail me at "Blessed01_at_aol.com"
that's as zero not an o the Blessed01.
Sincerely,
Val Received on Tue Aug 16 1994 - 09:29:05 CEST