Things to Do

1. Tutorials on the following:
   1. SQL
   2. PL/SQL
   3. Oracle Forms
   4. Unix
   5. C
   6. Java
   7. J2EE
   8. SOA
   9. Oracle SOA Suites
2. Create a personal blog.
3. Update SOA Enterprise
4. Review for PL/SQL exam
5. Review for Oracle Forms Exam
6. Study IBM SOA
7. Study UML and Object Oriented Design
8. Study SCEA
9. Study Oracle SOA

Becoming a Technical Architect

After my long vacation, doing something different from my work as an Oracle Retail specialist, I realized that I have a brand new dream. In the past, I’m eager to accelerate my career level progression. I want to move up to a higher position as soon as possible but due to the undesired and unexpected turns of time, this is not a feasible as before.

I’m goal now is to further improve my technical skills and be certified. I started to review for Oracle Certification. I reviewed for 3 months for my examination in 1Z0-007 Introduction to SQL and passed with 90.4%. Now I’m now preparing for Oracle Database SQL Expert Exam which is scheduled on Sept 13, 2007. This is a beta exam which I need to wait for 10 weeks to know the results. After this I’ll prepare for PL/SQL exam.

Right now I’m thinking to proceed with certification as an Architect by taking examinations for Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA). I’m a member of PinoyJUG(Pinoy Java Users Group) and a couple of members are interested taking this specially Sun is offering free examination for this beta examination.

The following are useful links for this certification.

• SCEA Preparation
• Recommended Books and Tools
• Javaranch SCEA Discussion Forum