Re: Where does a DBA go from here?

Definitely #6. I've learned more from conferences that anywhere else.  If nothing else you get to drink with the people from the list :), i' ll be at IOUG.

joe

Jesse, Rich wrote:

>OK, from the responses, here's The Plan:
>
>1) Get beer. I prefer Guinness or Goose Island. Done.
>
>2) Get Oracle Perf Tuning 101. Done.
>
>3) Get more beer.
>
>4) Beat up on some test DBs, and work on real live DBs to engrain that
>class material into the surviving brain cells (see Step 1). Sorta done with
>this one, but I need more. The 22 DBs here at work and 1 at home ought to
>help!
>
>5) Get more beer.
>
>6) Go to Oracle conferences. I need to go!!!!
>
>7) Get more beer.
>
>8) Hit the web, preferrably with beer in non-mouse hand. (Wisconsin
>twin-can beer hat optional)
>
>9) Go to Internals class and actually understand and learn from it.
>Yay!
>
>10) Get lots more beer.
>
>11) Actually do some work here.
>
>
>Sounds good folks. I think I'm on the right track (sans beer at work, of
>course), with my Oracle course work completed over a year ago, and some DBA
>"experiences" under my belt. Time to plunk away at more DBs!
>
>Thanks! :)
>
>Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
>Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA
>President, Beer Ale Lager Lovers Society
>http://www.westbend.net/~legoman
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:58 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Rich,
>
>The best Oracle training I've ever had by far is "playing around" with a
>small test DB on a laptop or PC. Stress it, hurt it, recover it, tune it,
>etc., etc. When done in conjunction with one of the fine books mentioned by
>others on this list - even better.
>
>I've only had one official Oracle training course - in the spring of 1989.
>It was 4-1/2 days of RDBMS v5, SQL*Forms and RPT/RPF. Since then I've
>attended some of the "mini" courses at IOUG, ODTUG, Open World, etc. - nice
>little "hits" of the latest technologies. I "studied" for my Oracle8 OCP
>exams by working through Jason Couchman's book and beating up an 8.0.5 DB on
>my PC - learned a hell of a lot.
>
>My on-going study plan for Oracle skills boils down to "Beating, Browsing
>and Books".
> - Beat up a test database
> - Browse fine Web sites like Steve Adams' IXORA (and beat up the DB)
> - Buy and read good books (and beat up the DB)
>
>I think I've learned about as much as if I'd sat in a bunch of classes - and
>saved a pile of money. ;-)
>
>Jack
>
>--------------------------------
>Jack C. Applewhite
>Database Administrator/Developer
>OCP Oracle8 DBA
>iNetProfit, Inc.
>Austin, Texas
>www.iNetProfit.com
>japplewhite_at_inetprofit.com
>(512)327-9068
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: 07 February 2002 21:07
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>So, there I am. I've taken the main Oracle courses -- Intro to SQL, DBA
>(Oracle 7!), Backup & Recovery, Network Admin, and Perf Tuning. Now where
>do I go for more Oracle training?
>
>This is sparked by a recent perceived lag in one of our new databases.
>We've tracked it down to a possible hot block or two, but I never used X$BH
>or V$LATCH_CHILDREN in any of my Oracle classes. And I *know* I'm far from
>being ready for an Internals class. So how do I get from here to there?
>
>education.oracle.com doesn't seem to have a whole lot other than Internals.
>Or is that where I'm at now?
>
>Confused and no beer.
>
>Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
>Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA
>

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