From: Munzil Qureshi Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc Subject: Re: Entry-level Requirements(application developer) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:42:58 -0400 Organization: Passport Systems Inc. Lines: 41 Message-ID: <3AED9612.ED9902E5@eis.ca> References: <3AE843F0.E98C7CE1@eis.ca> <3AE90A0D.1988BE26@exesolutions.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.eis.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.passport.ca 988649269 3760 204.225.191.199 (30 Apr 2001 16:47:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@passport.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:47:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en 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.