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Josh Stein wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> Recently I received several entry level job offers right out of
> college. My Top 3 choices are Info Security Specialist in a Big 5
> consulting, other one as an Oracle Developer/DBA in financial industry
> and the third one as a Java Developer all in the Midwest. (I am about
> equally interested/experienced in all 3.)
>
> As this is an Oracle forum, could you cast your opinion on a possible
> Oracle DBA/Developer career VS. the other 2 mentioned. From what I
> have read in this and other forums, the main pros and cons of an
> Oracle DBA career path are:
>
> Pros:
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> - Histoty of high demand and slaries for Oracle DBAs
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> - Oracle's leading role in the DB market
>
> - etc.
>
> Cons:
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> - relatively tight Oracle market/relatively high number of Oracle IT
> professionals/expertise available on the market
>
> - the tendency of Oracle to simplify DB administaration with every
> new version, thus descreasing the need # of highly paid DBAs req in
> the future
>
> - Newer overall strategy for companies to decrease the # of DBs in
> the enterprise to a smaller amount but larger DBs.
>
> - Elison's vision of enterprises outsourcing their storage to Oracle
> or other ASPs
>
> -etc.
>
> All opinions will be aprecialted.
>
> Joshua
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> RCPSX
Make your decision based on the following criteria.
and as the set up for three ... the work environments are very different between the three positions. Java developers don't do damage control at 2:30am or work all weekend long doing upgrades and migrations like DBAs. And Security Specialist likely means living out of a suitcase.
3. Will I enjoy the work environment associated with this position.
At your age it is far to early to worry about where the industry will be in 20 years (no one has a clue) or to be hung up on money. Whatever you make straight out of school will be whatever you make. This is a time to gain experience and build a resume for the future.
Daniel Morgan Received on Mon Jun 24 2002 - 10:14:17 CDT