Re: The demise of the Oracle professional?

Hi Sandeep,

Check out the comp.databases.oracle.marketplace NG, there appear to be quite a number of Oracle DBA positions going in the US (I wish the same could be said for Australia).

Good Luck

Richard
"Sandeep S Bajwa" <sbajwa_at_attbi.com> wrote in message news:3D283CCA.82F1C5C_at_attbi.com...
> I am 7 years experienced Oracle DBA with Oracle financials experience (but
not
> 11i) and have been hunting jobs all over USA since January.
> NO! dba jobs in USA at all..
>
> Nuno Souto wrote:
>
> > In article <aetgae$g11$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz>, you said (and I quote):
> >
> > >
> > > I'm hoping it's just because of the dot com crash, and that things
will pick
> > > up, but I'm also in agreement with you that the OCP stuff has skewed
the
> > > market horribly, and for good.
> >
> > It's a lot more than just that. That's just the convenient excuse. It
> > involves state and federal politics. And a certain political party.
> > Keep your eyes peeled for Graeme Philipson's column in tuesday's SMH
Next
> > section. He's started to look into the scam that is DBA and IT contract
> > hiring in general in Australia.
> >
> > I don't imagine for a second he's gonna be allowed to speak openly as
> > there is w-a-a-a-y too much moolah (and a LOT of politics) involved.
But
> > at least he's now got the detailed data and hundreds of e-mails from a
> > large group of people who don't like what they see.
> >
> > It's very likely that at least something will transpire...
> >
> > >
> > > Right now, any wannabe DBA who hasn't got good Java skills, or good
PL/SQL
> > > skills, or good anything else skills is doomed. We appear not to be in
> > > Kansas any more.
> > >
> >
> > We never was. But that's a different story, chief. It goes back a long
> > time...
> >
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Nuno Souto
> > nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
>
Received on Mon Jul 08 2002 - 05:57:37 CDT