Re: transition from Sysadmin to data modeler or DBA?

Why not buy yourself a seat in an official Oracle DBA class in your local area. You'll definately learn something; and if you hate it, no harm done, but if you love it, you'll be one class closer to certification. Check out http://education.oracle.com

jim

On Thu, 6 Apr 2000 janis.olsen_at_usa.net wrote:

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> I want to make the transition from being a generic Unix/NT sysadmin to
> being an Oracle person - data modeling or DBA work. Unfortunately,
> there's no chance of making this move where I work, and I don't know how
> to make the transition elsewhere. If I get another IT job, I want to be
> a full-time Oracle person, not a generic "mr. fixit" sysadmin
> with Oracle being just one of many duties. I'm ready to commit to Oracle
> 100%.
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> How do I sell myself as a database person without being one already?
> I've had one course in relational database technology, know a little SQL
> and a little PL/SQL (this is not false modesty - I know very little of
> either), and have read a few books on Oracle architecture, but I don't
> have any real Oracle production experience.
>
> Should I enroll in a Master's degree program in IS (as opposed to CS
> degrees, where one might be expected to be able to design database
> *engines* rather than implement Oracle for business apps)? Should I find
> a database development certificate program? (certainly would be cheaper)
> Recruiters seem to only know how to place people who are already
> full-blown database people. They don't seem to know what to do with
> people wanting to make a transition, so I'm stumped. Do data modelers
> fall into what they're doing straight out of (undergraduate) college?
> I'm willing to take a junior job to re-tool.
>
> Any recommendations for database-centric certificate programs at
> Universities in the warmer US states (Hawaii, New Mexico, Arizona, etc),
> or in Australia?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Janis
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Jim Bromhal
bromhal_at_world-net.net
www.world-net.net/home/bromhal Received on Fri Apr 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT