Re: two questions from a newbie

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 6 Nov 2002 22:16:25 -0600
Message-ID: <ur8dyvsj6.fsf@hotpop.com>

On Tue, 05 Nov 2002, stayfrosty_at_somewhere.com wrote:

> If someone has NO programming experience (no C++, Perl, Java) and NO
> database experience at all, would attempting to tackle SQL and Oracle
> be a bad adventure because of their ignorance, or can those handicaps
> be overcome with the desire to learn and overcome?

As long as you have patience. You'll need it in learning Oracle, and you'll need it in accepting the pay and tasks presented you as you move up the learning food chain.

Other than patience, Oracle, databases and programming have nothing to do with brilliance and all to do with curiosity.

-- 
Galen deForest Boyer
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

Received on Wed Nov 06 2002 - 22:16:25 CST