Re: First DBA job!

Hello, Elle. I bet you won't have any trouble getting the right position because of your certification. There's a good job out there for you doing what you want, but you've got to let them find you. You might have to start at a smaller company for your first job as Oracle DBA, but that should give you lots of good real-world experience. You could then try con$ulting after that; the current economy is very good for con$ultant$. I wish you success.

Paul Cluiss
Dallas, Texas

elle wrote:

> Hi,
> I've done 2 of the Oracle DBA Certification Tests and planning to finish the
> certification in a couple of months.
> I am currently working as a software engineer(1 yr). Basically, my job
> consists of embedding SQL into COBOL apps. My team also act as DBAs of our
> development environment. (setup servers, advice on sql, security,etc.) for
> both MS SQL Server and Oracle (but ms sql server is main platform so I don't
> get to do much Oracle at all in my working life)
> I am willing to move on and start a career as an Oracle DBA, but I don't
> feel very confident about it at all. I know I'll get the certification, but
> my experience is so limited, that I'm worried I'll forget all the stuff
> pretty soon if I don't practice it.
> It's not that I don't believe in myself. I know that if I get the experience
> I can become good at it, but worries me thinking how I am going to convince
> a prospective employee, that just because I lack the experience I cannot do
> a good job and be an asset for the company.
>
> any advice?
>
> thanks in advance
>
> elle
Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 14:54:14 CDT