Re: Entry-level Requirements(application developer)

I could do all of the above 3 quite easily and without the use of a book and I know all of the instr, substr functions etc...However for more complex queries like CORRELATED subqueries I would need to to refer to the Oracle Developer hand book for the exact syntax.

"Daniel A. Morgan" wrote:

> Yes.
>
> But if I were interviewing you here would be my criteria in order from most
> important to least.
>
> 1. Can you solve a word problem using boolean logic?
> 2. Do you understand relational databases and normalization?
> 3. Have you invested time and effort into learning SQL and PL/SQL. And can
> you use it to solve a problem as opposed to remembering the syntax of the
> INSTRING function that anyone could look up in a book.
>
> To me a computer science degree and the OCP say little if anything about
> these criteria.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
> Munzil Qureshi wrote:
>
> > Hello, would it be possible for someone to give me an idea on the type
> > of experience an applications developing company would be looking for to
> > hire 'entry-level' Oracle application developers? Notice I said
> > 'entry-level' meaning would it be possible to get hired with an
> > application developer OCP, 3 years of University Computer Science
> > experience and 9 months of hands on training with Oracle developer tools
> > and experience completing a hands-on, real-world Oracle Project for a
> > client using Oracle Designer.
> >
> > Typically, would this experience suffice enough to gain an entry-level
> > position, or entry-level position as part of a team within a firm that
> > develops Oracle-based applications?
> >
> > Thank-you kindly in advance for your help.
Received on Mon Apr 30 2001 - 11:42:58 CDT