Re: How the Hell !!!!

From: Ross Klippert x2965 <rossk_at_tigger.geg.mot.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 20:18:20 GMT
Message-ID: <1995Mar15.201820.28934_at_schbbs.mot.com>


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In article 26358_at_madnix.uucp, febbo_at_madnix.uucp writes:

>Ross Klippert x2965 (rossk_at_tigger.geg.mot.com) wrote:
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>: In article Fr6_at_netrix.com, mmayer_at_netrixgw.netrix.com (Mark Mayer) writes:
>: > How the hell can a guy learn ORACLE if I can't get anyone to hire
>: >me if I haven't touched it before and I can't touch it unless
>: >someone hires me!!!! I've had experience with INGRESS and PC based
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>Yes it is...and a very good question, applicable to a lot of
>other areas too.
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>Here's the answer...
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>You can read here about Personal Oracle, free or nearly so
>as a download or CD. Get it and work with it. But even before, you've
>got to pick up some books of the tons and tons in bookstores. You can
>mentally fit the pieces, at least on a limited configuration.
>And then develop an application (the famous address-book, to start).
>Then do one for a friend .... Hobby-persons are usually ahead of pro's,
>I've found. On the resume '.....and developed working interested in
>Oracle rdbms-sql-etc......and programmed database for .....client'
>At the inteview, enthusiasm is as valuable as techinical prowness.
>One's who know it all are usually bored by that time anyway.
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>Best regards and luck .....James Febbo
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In article 39l_at_asterix.uninova.pt, ppf_at_uninova.pt (Pedro Pimentel) writes:
>In article <1995Mar8.153038.20764_at_schbbs.mot.com>, rossk_at_tigger.geg.mot.com (Ross Klippert x2965) says:
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>>In article Fr6_at_netrix.com, mmayer_at_netrixgw.netrix.com (Mark Mayer) writes:
>>> How the hell can a guy learn ORACLE if I can't get anyone to hire
>>>me if I haven't touched it before and I can't touch it unless
>>>someone hires me!!!! I've had experience with INGRESS and PC based
>>>databases plus I have a degree in mathematics. What the Fuck am I
>>>going to have to do Lie Steal Cheat!!!! There no room for us honesty
>>>sons of bitches anymore.
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>Get the Personal Oracle demo from the Oracle site. Install it. Read all the help
>files. Manage your own database. Try to use ODBC to make a visual interface to it.
>It's not perfect but is a way to start.
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>--
>Pedro Pimentel
>Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia / Universidade Nova de Lisboa
>Portugal
>e-mail: ppf_at_uninova.pt
>www: http://terra.uninova.pt/pedro/pedro1.html
Will you guys PLEASE watch your re-posting? I DID NOT MAKE THAT STATEMENT. If you are going to edit out my response, then remove my name as well! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ross Klippert | Motorola GSTG | Scottsdale, AZ | rossk_at_cso.geg.mot.com | (602)-441-6794 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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