Re: How to start learning PeopleSoft?

From: bards <bards1888_at_yahoo.com.au.au>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 05:43:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4CDb9.328$0J2.31402@news.optus.net.au>

Richard Foote wrote:
> Sorry Kate, too busy learning Oracle ...
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> Richard ;)
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> "Kate" <xkate12_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Zzyb9.37308$n73.1231129_at_news20.bellglobal.com...
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>>Hi there,
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>>I know one can start learning Oracle by downloading their software or oder

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> a
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>>trail version and print the related documentation, he can get starting

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> very
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>>well. Is it possible to do the same thing with PeopleSoft? It seems we
>>cannot be so lucky to have their software freely or the documents to help
>>getting started from their web. So the people who have been in their
>>Peoplesoft careers already now, how did they start their first steps to

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> this
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>>field?
>>Any help would be great
>>Thanks
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>>Bill
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Bill,

          you will never make a worse move than to get 'application specific', your career will be severly limited thereafter. Learn oracle/unix and you will never look back. Think of how many applications that run on top of Oracle ? SAP, peoplesoft, baan, oracle financials etc. I used to be an application specific technical specialist (one of the above listed apps) and since leaving it and focusing on the core technologies ie OS and RDBMS, my knowledge and job satisfaction have tripled. There are also way more jobs for people with those skills.

Lets say you learn peoplesoft, and they go down the tubes in a years time, you will be back on this list asking the same sort of questions as soon as it becomes clear that no-one is buying or implementing it any more.

My tuppence worth.

Bards. Received on Fri Aug 30 2002 - 00:43:28 CDT