Re: Getting started....

The Myth of the Entry Level DBA... there are so few Entry Level DBA jobs in the US that you can count them on your hand. Then look at all the DBA's pumped out by schools and you get the picture.

99.9% of DBA jobs require you to be a developer first. Getting a developer job without a computer science degree is incredibly hard especially in this economy. There may be 1 job for every 500 people that come out of class these days. No Im not exaggerating. Look on the web at the number of jobs for people with less than one year of experience... then look on the web for all the places that provide Oracle training.

I tell this to everyone who posts here about breaking into Oracle, becareful where you spend your money. Most of those training schools are scams. These are somethings you should always avoid.

1. Any school that says you can get a DBA job right out of class without any other programmer experience whatsoever and no computer science degree. They are either lying or just dont care to check the market.
2. Avoid anything that says "Boot Camp". Utter waste of money to someone just learning. Way too fast. Noone will be impressed that you went to a 3 week all day course.
3. Any place that wont give you a price quote over the phone and want you to come in and talk to a counselor. Counselor is a dopy sales guy trying to get you to buy there overpriced stuff.
4. Dont pay extra for job placement. Its a joke. They send out 50 identifical resumes to each HR department or recruiter. What ever will make you stand out on your resume has nothing to do with them.
5. Most places tell you that when you get done you will be a "junior" DBA or developer. They say that Entry Level means off the street. That might have been true 5-7+ years ago. Its not now. No experience means entry level. Noone will buy that your junior.
6. Watch those prices... they get ridiculous.

"michele montalto" <david15_at_telkomsa.net> wrote in message news:<a6j28p$3c0$1_at_ctb-nnrp2.saix.net>...
> Hi
>
> I would really love to become a DBA can anyone tell me how to get started in
> it ?
Received on Tue Mar 12 2002 - 12:18:12 CST