Re: career advice

From: Michael Levitin <Mich_at_vorkuta.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 19:07:21 GMT
Message-ID: <35dad007.39697792@news.vorkuta.com>

On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 13:55:44 -0700, Malcolm Blackhall <blackhal_at_midtown.net> wrote:

>STEP 2: Learn everything you can about Oracle (or, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server,
>Informix, DB/2 or whatever other database system you are interested in).
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>Get an evaluation of copy of Oracle and install it at home. Play with it.
>Configure it. Program it. Don't have a computer that will run Oracle? Buy one
>that can! Learn everything you can from books like Oracle 8 The Complete
>Reference and Oracle 8 DBA Handbook. At work, take advantage of any opportunities
>that arise to work with Oracle.

I think, it's a "blend alley" : IMHO, it's unpossible to get real knowledge not on ÅÒÕ real systems. In this case, you can configure your Oracle DB forever, but if you have not practice in a real environments - it's poor job. Only real practice on the real systems can made real DBAs.
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CU, Michael.

Michael Levitin
nic-hdl: MLL10-RIPE
mailto:Mich_at_vorkuta.com Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 14:07:21 CDT