Re: Replies so far

In article <1995Aug15.092232.5878_at_inet.d48.lilly.com> frust writes:

> From the responses so far here is what I have found...
> ...
> DBA's need no experience as long as they have the initiative to read the books
> and have the funds to attend classes.
> ...
> I guess I was given the wrong impression of what a DBA does. I was told that a
> DBA needs to know what Primary and Foreign keys are; to know what constraints
> do; be able to read a DFD and be able to point out potential problems; know how
> to create complex views; that developing in Oracle for a few years is important
> so you have an idea what people are talking about and when problems arise you
> have an idea where to start looking and so on. I guess I was wrong.

Come on, frust! It's not that bad. There really is a body of knowledge that a DBA has to have in order to function effectively, but few people know what's in it, so they do one of two things: (1) they say there is no such body of knowledge and anyone can do the job, or (2) they pick the closest job they can think of (programmer) and say you need lots of experience in it.

You'll have a much better understanding of the qualifications one needs to be a DBA when you first ask what a DBA does.

Tim Boemker
Optimum Group
(513) 577-7785 Received on Tue Aug 15 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST