ASP Programming VS Oracle HR (DEMAND)

[osiris2k7]

This is my first time posting here, but I been unsuccessfully trying to find information about Oracle HR outside of the Oracle website. I am currently an Active Server Pages (ASP) programmer that works with VBScript, Visual Basic, HTML, SQL etc. I been doing ASP for three and a half years. I also play with ASP.Net and PHP on the side. Our head boss, which is not the one I directy answer to, has made the decision to switch to an Oracle COTS solution rather than having in-house web based solutions in order to save money. I don't know much about Oracle outside of them having DBs and applications, but Oracle HR and Oracle Discover are some of the buzzwords I heard going around when it came to us. I am mad because they are going to make me work fulltime in this shop. Knowing that I will no longer has access to source code or databases makes me rather disappointed. Will becoming an Oracle "configurator" decrease my job marketability.

Scared Web Developer

 

[rac2]

Yes and No. My guess is that Oracle "configurator"s are rare birds and will be paid well when there is a job opening. But there won't be as many jobs. Web programmers are common as sparrows and get paid accordingly.

 

[osiris2k7]

I see. Well, it looks like I am going to have to find me another job. For some reason, I get the feeling this "configurator" title is going to make me feel underused.