Re: Oracle 8i or 9i ?

I have many opinions on certifications... :). First and foremost, why are you interested in studying Oracle? Is it for the money, or are you truly interested in working with it? Do you have any experience?

If you aren't sure what you want to do, I suggest learning quite a bit on your own before investing a lot of money into the schooling you are talking about. You can install and play on your own. I know that kind of work impressed managment at my company more than anything else. It is the motivation and ability to learn the product on your own that impresses folks more than a certification.

The 8i certification and 9i base level certifications are both just multiple choice exams. Anyone can pass them after cramming enough. It doesn't mean you know a thing at all, which is really sad.

Now, all that being said, if you still want to go through with all of this, IMHO you should do the 8i and then upgrade to 9i. It isn't so much for the wealth of knowledge you will attain as much as marketability, which seems to greatly concern you. You can then at least claim to have some experience with both, thus improving your chances of meeting some HR screening software criteria.

As for which track, I suggest you look over descriptions of each certification available. I'm not sure what they have right now, as far as certification offerings.

-Candi Boyle

Ps- yes, I actually do have oracle certifications. Why? Because my boss wants me to. Therefore I know how worthless they really are...

On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 10:23, Les Ayudo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm thinking of going to school to get Oracle certified. There are 2
> schools in my area that are offering Oracle certs but one offers Oracle
> 8i courses w/ an upgrade to 9i, while the other offers all 9i courses.
> If i go to the schools who offers 9i courses, would I miss out on
> valuable 8i knowledge? Which school should I attend? The courses will
> last about 7 or 8 months. Also, is this a good "in demand" field to get
> into? What chances am I looking at to getting hired as a newbie DBA
> once I graduate?
>
> I want to get into the Ecommerce side of Oracle (connecting DBs to
> websites/portals?). Which certification/path should I be following?
> Thanks in advance!!

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