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  • 28-08-2006 4:45pm
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    chatterbox
    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm currently a oracle developer with 4-5 years experience and I'm thinkin of moving to Dublin in the next few months.

    I like the looks of the contracting options up there.

    How do i get setup for contracting? what pro's\con's have you come across as regards contracting.

    Thanks


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    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,727 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Copied to Work/Jobs.

    (And bumped).

    *Bump*


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    DublinWriter
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    First of all, no agency will touch you unless you're set up as a Limited Company.

    Secondly, I find jobserve.co.uk the best, even for sourcing Irish work.

    Thirdly, when you say you are an 'Oracle Developer', what exactly do you mean? Are you a PL/SQL jockey? Apps consultant? Forms developer?


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    chatterbox
    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭chatterbox


    Hi DublinWriter

    At the moment my job title is senior developer/analyst
    I’m primarily Forms & Reports developer using
    Oracle 10g forms & reports
    Oracle 6i forms & report
    PL/SQL

    Also provide relief to the DBA’s (9i and 10g Databases )when they are under pressure. But I have basically used and developed with the majority of oracle products and technologies.

    I don’t believe ill have to much of a problem get contract or permanent work in Dublin with 4-5 oracle experience under the belt.

    What ya think?

    Thanks


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    JuncoPartner
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    DublinWriter wrote:
    First of all, no agency will touch you unless you're set up as a Limited Company.

    I'd disagree with that point myself, I'm working as a contractor myself and have had no issues with agencies ever over being set up as a Limited Company.

    Chatterbox,
    you will definately not find it difficult picking up contract work in Dublin with that kind of Oracle experience.
    Have you any VB6 and or .net skills?
    And how highly do you rate your sql skills?


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    chatterbox
    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭chatterbox


    Well,

    I wreckon my sql fairly strong, but i must admit that since we got TOAD in over the past year or so, it does a lot of the hard work for me as regards DBA style sql.

    No real industry experience in .NET or SQL server only what i done myself.


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    JuncoPartner
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    Well the crowd Im working for might well be interested in speaking to you.

    You would need excellent plsql anyway.
    We do a lot of VB6 client apps so thats a must too.
    All of our new development recently has been in .net, both 2003 and 2005. We also use SQL Server extensively but I think there is both SQL Server and Oracle positions seperately.

    Send me a PM if you want more info anyway


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