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Oracle:
Application Developer or Database
Administrator Comments
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Application Developer or Database
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Adewale
from Abuja says:
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Great
Advice! I agree. You really need to know what your passion is.
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Ron
from Mauritius says: |
Thanks
but I need to know more about what a database administrator does.
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Alabi A
from Akure says: |
Great
advice that rekindles my interest in programming.
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Oseni
Yaya Ayokanmi from Abuja says: |
I welcome the ideas posted in the write-ups, They are key points the new comers
needs to know.
Infact, I want a new comer to take my own case as a case study.
After very attractive and made to believe information from the Scholarship program in 2002, I sat for the exam and I eventually started the certifications. I got certified in oracle9i Database Administration in September 2003.
After my certification, to get job is a big problem. I was invited by Diamond Bank, Capital Bank International, and some other private
companies, What they asked me was my experience, they did not feel for my
certification, I was told bluntly that they needed somebody that can do the job not the certification.
I think about the money and time I spent to obtain the certification, I have to look for a small company where I can start gaining little experience with a very small salary.
Though now, I am in a project understudying an experienced Oracle DBA who is not certified but a guru when it comes to Oracle Database Administration. I now understand that
to be an Oracle DBA is more than getting the certification. There are a lot of factors you need to consider. Some of these factors
include: You must be vast in Operating System where Oracle Database is installed e.g You must be good in Unix Administration whether on Solaris or Linux. And you must be ready to read widely and understand because
Oracle is wide.
Presently, I can say I have just started coming up as Oracle DBA.
Finally, If you want to become Oracle DBA, think about how to acquire experience first, not the big pay, the big pay comes after the experience.
I am presently working as Junior DBA in Oracle E-Business suite project of Central Bank of Nigeria.
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Apeh
Gabriel Sunday from Lagos says: |
Thank you for "Shinning my
Eyes". Now I can continue my slow and steady pace to becoming
an Oracle Developer. Knowing the codes, not certification crazy.
Once again thank you.
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Oye who lives in
London and works in Essex says:
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Excellent article! I too am trying to decide between becoming an Oracle DBA or an Application Developer. I currently develop programs in COBOL but have lost interest in it, and feel that programming in general is not for me.
Thanks!
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Echelibe John Media
support and computer services (trainee)
in Lagos says:
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I'm very pleased reading your
article. Well I'm also Oracle Certified Database Administrator
with little experience. Cus of the market. I Have keen interest in
database but not got the right working experience, and also might
have misplaced my priorities cus im a school cert holder but into
IT. Well i don't want to regret that cus there is a purpose. Now
my parents are dead and not a better job to enhance my skill and
also to further my education.
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Victoria in Lagos says:
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That was a vey educative article but its not that easy in getting experience that
is. I'm a certified oracle application developer but all the places i've applied to all require experience and i ask them how am i supposed
to get this if
no one is ready to give me a trial. I'm even ready to be a trainee with minimal pay just to use my knowledge in solving
real-time solutions.
Do u have any ideas were i can apply to? I really need practical solutions.
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Akanbi Olayinka Abdulrahman
in Nigeria says:
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Well, After spending much on Oracle Hands on training and
certification, You still have cases of Oracle Skilled and certified persons hustling day and night searching for Jobs after
being rejected in most places because of experience. In the developed countries this could be a
case, But In developing countries it should'nt be, If work experience is a
prerequisite, Then where do you start From?
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Emeka Ejiofor in
Nigeria says:
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It is true about these certification thing but i believe it's a step in the right
direction. About the experience thing it is something u get on the way if u're really commited to be a DBA or
AD. It might even mean you not getting paid for your effort(time).
All i mean to say just keep pushing and keeping making contact in the field
and you will succeed.
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Jamilu Jiddere in Kaduna says:
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NO knowledge is a waste! With the way I.T is going in this
age (information age) it'll be hard to keep on ignoring the ADs & the
DBAs. the way i see it it is only a matter of time. Sooner or later the
employers 'll need us more than we need them with or without experience,
believe no matter how long it takes any body into I.T now will be glad he did whatever
course. It is expensive time consuming and all but it'll surely pay now or
later. Just have more patience.
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Aug 17, 2005
Collins Edward
in Lagos says:
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Good job. I got to this site via the google.com, i want to commend your effort. it was
quite useful for me in particular. this is because i, at the moment before now, had my interest in DBA
divided but now, i'm taking that training. but truly, i always wonder, if i put in so much to
acquire this skill, will i truly be paid in the way i expected it or will be one of those stories that one would not be able to tell?
I really wish you could say something to me concerning this.
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Aug 21, 2005
Olanrewaju Akinwumi in
Abuja says:
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Your Advise was precise and useful. I now
believe emphasis should be placed on experience rather than certification.
You don't blame employees for choosing experience over certification, because, certification you can buy with money, but experience, no way!
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