Re: Best way to gain experience?

Thanks for your suggestion Michael, it's appreciated

--Matt

"michael ngong" <mngong_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ecf365d5.0204010801.29a5814_at_posting.google.com...
> "Matt M." <dont_bother_fake_email_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
 news:<3ca4b7f8_at_news.mhogaming.com>...
> > Hello all...I just completed my Oracle8i DBA some weeks ago, and have
 since
> > began looking for an Oracle job. Obviously experience is better than
 paper,
> > but it seemed like a good place to start. I didn't just memorize the
 stuff,
> > I actually learned it so I've got a good foundation to work from.
> >
> > I have zero experience with Oracle in a company environment, and I'm
> > wondering what the best way is that I can gain experience that would be
> > valuable to a company and increase my chances of success while looking
 for a
> > job. I've written a simple Visual Basic program that generates a lot of
> > activity on a database in the hopes that I can simulate a working
> > environment, but in the end it's just that: a simulation. It performs
> > updates, inserts, selects, and deletes so I can practice recovery
> > operations, performance monitoring, and tuning, and I was even
 considering
> > making it into a more impressive project by having the program try to
> > sabotage the database...but I'm looking for something more.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Thanks a bunch in advance!
> That is a good way to begin.There are entry level Oracle DBA positions out
 there
> Start looking and ask for a reasonable fee some one will get you in
> Michael Tubuo Ngong(Sr DBA)
Received on Tue Apr 02 2002 - 15:53:46 CEST