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Re: The demise of the Oracle professional?

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:03:35 +0100
Message-ID: <3d297187$0$8510$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>


There are quite a number of UK based DBA jobs advertised on the internet. This does not mean that they all exist.

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"Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:38eW8.30538$Hj3.92931_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...

> 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 - 06:03:35 CDT

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