Re: New Oracle DBA career outlook

Josh Stein wrote:

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> Hi everyone,
>
> Recently I received several entry level job offers right out of
> college. My Top 3 choices are Info Security Specialist in a Big 5
> consulting, other one as an Oracle Developer/DBA in financial industry
> and the third one as a Java Developer all in the Midwest. (I am about
> equally interested/experienced in all 3.)
>
> As this is an Oracle forum, could you cast your opinion on a possible
> Oracle DBA/Developer career VS. the other 2 mentioned. From what I
> have read in this and other forums, the main pros and cons of an
> Oracle DBA career path are:
>
> Pros:
>
> - Histoty of high demand and slaries for Oracle DBAs
>
> - Oracle's leading role in the DB market
>
> - etc.
>
> Cons:
>
> - relatively tight Oracle market/relatively high number of Oracle IT
> professionals/expertise available on the market
>
> - the tendency of Oracle to simplify DB administaration with every
> new version, thus descreasing the need # of highly paid DBAs req in
> the future
>
> - Newer overall strategy for companies to decrease the # of DBs in
> the enterprise to a smaller amount but larger DBs.
>
> - Elison's vision of enterprises outsourcing their storage to Oracle
> or other ASPs
>
> -etc.
>
> All opinions will be aprecialted.
>
> Joshua
>
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> RCPSX
Make your decision based on the following criteria.

1. Will I not only enjoy what I will be doing ... but will I enjoy where it will lead me in the future.
2. What real skills (not just theoretical knowledge) do I bring to the party.

and as the set up for three ... the work environments are very different between the three positions. Java developers don't do damage control at 2:30am or work all weekend long doing upgrades and migrations like DBAs. And Security Specialist likely means living out of a suitcase.

3. Will I enjoy the work environment associated with this position.

At your age it is far to early to worry about where the industry will be in 20 years (no one has a clue) or to be hung up on money. Whatever you make straight out of school will be whatever you make. This is a time to gain experience and build a resume for the future.

Daniel Morgan Received on Mon Jun 24 2002 - 17:14:17 CEST