RE: Cary's book

Bill - Well you could get their attention by crashing a hummer into their building. JUST KIDDING. Actually, I think the book for you might be What Color is Your Parachute. The "system" is set up to favor someone with the right experience and credentials and age. There are many people that don't fit this scheme. So you need to get creative, and this book offers many suggestions. And most of us have probably faced a career change sometime. Aside from those list members that can argue the merits of Oracle 5 compared to Oracle 4.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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If you can't get through the screeners that say... oh, you have X amount of qualifications... that prices you out of our range in these hard times, how can you market? Honestly, this is more than just rhetoric... HOW can you market yourself when you look bad to the bottom line? [Shrek]

and how do you market yourself when you don't have a degree or OCP, just a lot of experience. that's IF you can get through the screeners. my pet peeve is not being given credit for the hard work i put in to keep up with all the latest changes even is i don't have a degree or OCP. hell i still have a brain and i know how to use it.

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Bill "Shrek" Thater     ORACLE DBA      



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