Re: The demise of the Oracle professional?

VWP914 wrote:

> We (Oracle types) will always be in demand. Perhaps not as "Oracle" people,
> but as something. The reason is: There will always be dumb people. By that,
> I mean, not dumb end users (although there are plenty of them), but dumb MCSE
> types. How many times do you people find yourselves haveing to solve other
> peoples problems because they can't - or won't learn.
>
> Having only been in the Oracle camp for 2 years now (Informix prior), one thing
> is clear to me about Oracle Professionals versus your typical IT guy: To get
> anywhere, you have to read! You have to study the material. You just can't go
> clicking things. So many people are unwilling to learn or even read the
> manuals of even the crappy software.
>
> This is from the Department of Labor's Web site:
>
> Systems analysts, computers scientists, and database administrators are
> expected to be the among the fastest growing occupations through 2010.
> Employment of these computer specialists is expected to increase much faster
> than the average for all occupations as organizations continue to adopt and
> integrate increasingly sophisticated technologies. Growth will be driven by
> very rapid growth in computer and data processing services, which is projected
> to be the fastest growing industry in the U.S. economy. In addition, many job
> openings will arise annually from the need to replace workers who move into
> managerial positions or other occupations or who leave the labor force.

Personally I'd just be pleased if I could find a cadre of people that aren't Oracle professionals that can actually build a third-normal relational structure.

Forget end-users. I'd like to find them anywhere whether they know Java, C, Pascal, Fortran, Cobol, SQL Server, or whatever.

The amount of time billed trying to cobble together kludges to get past bad design paid for my boat. Wait a second ... what the heck am I complaining about. '-)

Daniel Morgan Received on Sun Jun 09 2002 - 08:27:08 CDT