Oracle FAQ Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid
HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US
 

Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: New DBA.

RE: New DBA.

From: Hemant K Chitale <hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:20:26 +0800
Message-Id: <24726.322533@fatcity.com>


Dennis,
Actually I was quite fortunate that I started off as a DBA, not a developer. I wasn't in IT at my first job. there was no IT department and IT services were being provided by the consultants who were rolling out the systems for us. Once the organisation grew large enough [from 15 to 50 people] management decided to setup an IT department, calling it "Automation". I was one of the applicants for the "internal transfer" from securities operations
to Automation. For the first 6 months or so I was actually installing PCs as we were growing rapidly. I then went into System Admin and Oracle Admin, having been provided initial training by the consultants and watching them at their job ! So, I started with Oracle 5 on Xenix and MSDOS !!!

I've never been a developer !

Hemant

At 05:23 AM 20-03-03 -0800, you wrote:
>Pat
> Not to be impolite, but what makes you think this is the next logical
>career move for you? Before you become a DBA it is good if you have a lot of
>other computer experience, such as development or system administration. You
>really need to understand how large computer systems work and how all the
>various pieces fit together.
> One step you can take is to work on Oracle Certification. This will not
>make you a DBA, when you don't have experience, this work will show your
>serious intent to learn to a prospective employer.
> Get a job at a site that uses Oracle, using whatever background you have.
>If you are a developer, get a job as a developer. If you are a system
>administrator, get a job as an administrator. Most of us gradually learned
>more and more about Oracle before getting a DBA job. I was a developer that
>began supporting Oracle for development activities, gradually learning DBA
>skills in a non-production environment.
>
>Dennis Williams
>DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA
>Lifetouch, Inc.
>dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:09 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Anyone please suggest me
>if non-experience but knowledge DBA cannot get job,
>how they become experience DBA until they can get job.
>
>Thanks
>Pat.
>--
>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net
>--
>Author: Sangbutsarakum, Patai
> INET: patais_at_reach.com
>
>Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com
>San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
>to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
>--
>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net
>--
>Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS
> INET: DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM
>
>Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com
>San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
>to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may
>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
Received on Thu Mar 20 2003 - 08:20:26 CST

Original text of this message

HOME | ASK QUESTION | ADD INFO | SEARCH | E-MAIL US