Is it possible to get the certification in a year? Yes. Is it possible
to learn Oracle in a year? No, I have been working with it for 12
years and am still learning every day. I advise you as others have
done, to get a copy of Oracle, I suggest 9i since by the time you will
be ready to work in the field it will predominate, and learn by doing
the examples in the book. Try every command, look for the flaws, try
things no one else would think of trying. Break it, fix it, ask
questions. If you do this, by the time you finish your certificate, it
will mean something.
Mike Ault
CEO
ROBO Books International - Virtual Technical references for the
COmputer professional
WWW.ROBONERD.COM
"AS Pieterse" <13508636_at_sun.ac.za> wrote in message news:<aiiuon$2a3p$1_at_news.adamastor.ac.za>...
> Hi,
>
> I am currently in my 3rd year at university. I am studying B.Comm in the
> Management Accounting and Computer Science major. Since the start of last
> year I have been looking around into the different areas of IT I am able to
> specialize in. I am actually one of those people who's lifelong dream is to
> know everything about everything. I have made peace with the fact that that
> won't be happening, so I would like to focus on one topic. I thought about
> programming in C or something like that, but in the end found SQL and made
> my way to Oracle and MS SQL Server.
>
> So anyway, I've made my decision about focusing on Oracle for a hobby and
> for a future career. I have bought a few books and am working through them.
> I am planning on writing the first OCP exam before the end of the month and
> want to be certified by the end of next year when I get my degree.
>
> What I'd like to know from you fellars, without putting me down with all
> that "YOU NEED REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE" stuff... Is it worth it for me to go
> through the trouble of getting certified(remember I'll be doing this in my
> free time, when NOT studying for my degree)? What books and study guides
> would you recommend? Lastly, is this at all possible to do? Will I be able
> to do the exams? If you don't think it's worth it, tell me why and if you
> don't think it's possible, tell me what I have to do to make it possible.
>
> I'm not out to make a quick buck, I'm a hard worker and a team player and I
> happen to feel passionate about Oracle. So like I said, don't put me down,
> but rather try and point me in the right direction if you have a minute to
> spare.
>
> I appreciate you just reading this!
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Pieterse
>
> Stellenbosch,
> SOUTH AFRICA.
Received on Tue Aug 06 2002 - 07:51:31 CDT
