Re: How to break in as a DBA?

Well, if you do the work of a DBA, you may call yourself DBA. To find out what the work of a DBA is, consult the online-Documentations of Oracle (also available on their CD's). There are chapters about the roles of a DBA, and a "How-to-get-started with Oracle" chapter.
If you find that you do what they describe there (or at least parts of it), you may call yourself DBA.
Maybe you can trick your HR-department to take the magic letters "DBA" into your job-description also...

best regards,
-=H=-

On 21 Jan 2003 20:35:40 GMT, ktyson9426_at_aol.com (KTyson9426) wrote:

>I'd like to ask some of the more experienced DBA's how they got their start as
>DBA's.... I've been threw the Oracle DBA class and functioned on and off over
>the years as an Oracle DBA while my offical title was "UNIX sys admin".... But
>when it comes to applying for DBA roles... It seems like since I don't have
>"DBA" in my title I don't appear qualified... I'd even settle for a junior DBA
>position for the experience... But even junior DBA positions always seem to
>require 2 years experience.... Does anyone have any suggestions how to become
>more qualified????
Received on Wed Jan 22 2003 - 04:33:31 CST