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- Oracle database developers (which means knowing SQL (super easy -
it's almost just writing english) and PL/SQL (a pascal like programming
language which is pretty simple, no pointers or complicated programming
stuff- just if then, loops and procedures - easy if you have someone
good to teach you) earns 40k a year to start and goes up in salary
worth about 10k a year.
(You'll have to switch workplaces
every couple years to get that kind of salary raise, but a developer
with 5 years exp can get 80-90k, 3 years can get 60-70k easy, etc)
If
you just learn SQL - which like I said, is about as hard as sneezing -
then you're good for data entry, report creation, analyst and a few
other positions which still start at the 35k range - but they max out
at the 50-60k range unless you start learning more applications
(crystal reports, some pl/sql, whatever)
This isn't hard stuff,
if you get a good teacher to actually teach you instead of some college
fuck who'll discuss theory or meaningless idiocy like block size or
memory addresses and waste all your time. I did professional training
in it for 15 years (the self employed 150/hr stuff) and had an average
review of 9.77 out of 10 over the 200 or so classes I taught. (these
were just week long go in and train employees up on something kinds of
things, but I also taught a college course or two about along the way -
which would be more like what I'd teach anyone interested here.)
A
degree in CS helps - but is not necessary - if you're a certified
oracle developer (which is a $125 test you take which is about 80
questions multiple choice) - you're in for the interview at least, and
if you put on your education section of the resume "working on degree"
and you interview well - then you're hired. |
