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Re: Career advice needed please......

From: Mike Hibbert <mike.hibbert_at_blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:31:56 GMT
Message-ID: <0PoT8.12746$DN3.96016582@news-text.cableinet.net>


"Mike Hibbert" <mike.hibbert_at_blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:DTfT8.12142$MR1.90844289_at_news-text.cableinet.net...
> Hi all,
>
> I was hoping to get a bit of career advice from you all. I have been
offered
> an internal transfer (I work for an online bank) moving from a Siebel
> development team to an Oracle DBA position.
> I used to be a DB2 DBA so i know the fundamentals of the role.
> I can't quite make up my mind if this is a good move, Siebel development
is
> currently a hot potato (although becoming less so), but I'm not sure of
> Oracle's current/future marketability. My gut feel is to make the move
> (databases still excite me!), but as I said how big is oracle at the
moment,
> how much of a threat is DB2 Universal?
>
> Any help would be great!
>
> Mike
>

You are all saying pretty much what I thought, I just wanted someone else to say it!

Just need to see if the current team will release me now! Internal politics eh??!

Thanks
Mike Received on Sat Jun 29 2002 - 15:31:56 CDT

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