Re: jobs

rgaffuri_at_cox.net (Ryan Gaffuri) wrote in message news:<1efdad5b.0303060537.4f13109_at_posting.google.com>...
> aniljoshi72_at_hotmail.com (anil) wrote in message news:<8b5cfd31.0303041241.783c48da_at_posting.google.com>...
> > hi my name is anil. i live in seattle. currently i am obtaining my
> > ocp. does anybody have some ideas or some names of companies that hire
> > entry level DBA.
> >
> > thanks in advance
>
> I really hope you did not pay an expensive training company for this.
> They are scams. There is no such thing as an entry level DBA. They
> either start as developers or network engineers. There are no entry
> level Oracle Developer jobs around in this economy and have not been
> for 2 years or more. Dont know about the network engineer route.
>
> Also, to get start these days you really need a college degree in a
> technical discipline, preferably in computer science. There are 50-100
> applicants who have experience for every job. Most of the kids coming
> out of college are not getting jobs either.
>
> The 'myth' of the entry level DBA job needs to be scuttled. I hope
> someone sues some of these training companies for false advertising.
>
> BTW, its not you. Im sure your smart and you work hard. Job just does
> not exist and there are THOUSANDS of people like you. I saw one
> company advertising for laid off workers saying they can use their
> government subsidized training money to pay for classes.... so the
> government is getting scammed also.

Thanks for the information. I am about to finish my computer degree. I know a little bit of everything (well almost everything) and was beginning to think whether I should get Oracle training. Now..I won't. (I have the basic skills in PL/SQL). Received on Mon Mar 17 2003 - 05:34:54 CET