Re: ORCALE certify and training question

Ivan Demkovitch wrote:

> > Certification may get you an interview, and I emphasize MAY. But it will
> not
> > get you a job.
> >
> > The best thing to do is to take something you have previously built in SQL
> > Server and duplicate it, from scratch, in Oracle. And to make sure that
> you do
> > it the Oracle way rather than trying to clone the SQL Server logic. This
> means
> > you need to understand multiversioning, understand the transaction model,
> > understand the locking, and not use temp tables and other standard SQL
> Server
> > kludges.
>
> I was thinking about this. I will write new project using Oracle backend as
> much as possible.
>
> >
> > Then find a large company that offers internships or a non-profit where
> you
> > can volunteer your time and get real experience and something to put on
> your
> > resume while waiting for the economy to pick up again (likely just in time
> for
> > the elections in 2004).
>
> Do you think it is possible to find position as VB developer knowing Oracle
> back-end.
> Whatever I learn should be enough to access Oracle DB and write Oracle sp's
>
> Thanks!

There are a lot of people earning a living writing VB and ASP against an Oracle back-end. Generally speaking, you either know VB or you know Oracle ... But I've yet to meet the person that was an expert in both. You'll likely need to make a decision to specialize in the front-end or the back-end.

Daniel Morgan Received on Tue Jun 18 2002 - 00:23:15 CDT