training?

Hello,

My company keeps moaning at me about using my training budget.
I was thinking what might make me more valuable out there. I may soon go back to contracting.

What would you recommend?

Im a web developer who is strong on HTML, Javascript, Perl, PHP, ASP, SQL and have dabbled in most things.. e.g. XML. (which I can never understand the value of? It just wastes time. No?)

Anyway, looking at some jobsites these skills seem popular:
Oracle or SQL(Oracle or SQL server), Java, .Net

I think having a Oracle certificate would be most valuable.

What do you all think, do you agree and what other areas would you recommend.

thanks..

aku beg
Thursday, October 2, 2003

1) ASP.Net & SQL Server 2000
2) Oracle

Doing Java may be worthwhile, but you'd be starting down a new career path as a newbie instead of trading on what you already know.

HTH,
Philo

Philo
Thursday, October 2, 2003

To be honest, I think you shouldn't be asking us.

You should study the skills you find most interesting.  Otherwise, you run the risk of working with a skill you don't care about, which sounds like a pretty boring life to me.

I recommend that you investigate each of these skills, and choose the one that appeals to you most.  They're all useful.

The Pedant, Brent P. Newhall
Thursday, October 2, 2003

My vote is for .NET

Jen
Friday, October 3, 2003

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