How to learn Oracle?

Hi All,
I am a B.E(Medical Electronics) graduate. I am working in a Call center at present. I want to learn oracle as i want to make it as my career. I am a NEWBIE I do not know any thing about Oracle. How to start? Any help would be appreciated. I am confused about my life. Also, i know only basics of c and C++. Please help me out on how to proceed.
Thanks in advance.

user12189473 wrote:
My opinion is a valid one Billy, based on many years with Oracle products.
You may not agree with it, but it doesn't mean you have to be abusive.Well if you feel your point is valid and you're not just trolling, then please provide evidence or justification to back up your claims.
If I were you I wouldn't bother learning Oracle - it's just a constant life of bug-fixingBugs can exist in any development environment. It isn't specific to Oracle, Microsoft or any other company.
Bugs in the product are typically fixed with regular patches and most companies make those readily available, so there's no issue there.
Bugs in the software developed with the product are the responsibility of the developer and are not an issue with the product itself. Good design, understanding and testing make for good application development. The product on assists to facilitate the development, not to ensure that there aren't idiots developing using it.
and trying to get assistance from Oracle Support.What's the problem getting assistance from Oracle Support? Can't say I've ever had any real problems with them. They've always been most amenable. From what I gather, most people have issues with support when they themselves don't provide the necessary information to detail the issue in the first place.
There are too many people learning Oracle these days (because it's pretty easy), and most jobs are getting out-sourced anyway.There are too many people getting certification and calling themselves Oracle developers/dba's and they don't have relevant experience, that's true, but that doesn't just relate to Oracle, it relates to many areas of IT (and I'm sure many other businesses too).
Oracle is as easy as the depth you get into it. The deeper you go the more complex it can be. It's good that it's easy to get into as nobody want to come into learning a product that is just overly complex, but it's also good that it offers the power, flexibility and complexity when it is necessary.
As for many jobs getting out-sourced, I guess that depends on your country and the economic climate and the nature of your business. I think there's a little less out sourcing going on lately as companies are beginning to realise that outsourcing their development often leaves them with unmaintainable, bug ridden code, written by people who don't care about the bussiness, but just care about getting money in their pockets. Of course there are still companies where the management just see a cheap short term option and go for it anyway, which is sad really.
Saying all that however, you're points are certainly no reason to not bother learning Oracle. Your points could be applied to any product on the market. Hence why they came across as trolling.

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