Re: Getting started....

Well that was a nice insight....but then the point is even for a comp sci grad, who has been striving to bcom a ORa DBA, it is pretty difficult since most of the DBA (or should i say ALL) require atleast threee years of work exp.. now where is one supposed to get work ex, if he doesnt get into somewhere...

any clues about how i can help myself.? Udergrad CompSCi - Gold Medal
GRad Comp Sci - Johns Hopkins Uni (In progress)

Ora 8i DBA course from ORacle Education Partners in India Cleared two OCP papers , working on the remaining three...

how should i go about things....

can any one help?

THANKS AND REGARDS to all the Oracle Brains.

Ryan Gaffuri wrote:

> 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 ?

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