DO NOT GIVE UP, KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH AND KEEP TRYING.

I see a lot of people in here saying OCP is just a paper. Although it might not land you a DBA job right away, but it will help you start a career where you CAN become an ORACLE DBA. It is not just a paper, it helps you become familiar with the technology, so in real world you can learn the real skills. No one had those skills untill they did it on the job.