Re: Poll: Expert user vs. Internals Expert

From: x <x_at_not-exists.org>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 13:01:06 +0300
Message-ID: <e51ao3$tim$1_at_emma.aioe.org>


"Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1148457926.446019.14950_at_j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I believe lot of database practitionners have a similar dilemna...Let's
> put it this way...

What is a database practitionner anyway ?

> If you want to get rich and famous in current system of IT industry
> then being ignorant of relational theory is a bliss as the ideas
> conditionning your interactions with clients and other IT professional
> will be trendy and popular thanks to your ignorance and acceptance of
> things being the way they are and not the way they should be...In such
> direction, mastering a specific (non relational) implementation
> (ORACLE, DB2, SQL Server) will make you gain larger support in IT
> audiences no matter how correct are the statements you will be making

 Being ignorant is always a bliss. :-)

"things being the way they are and not the way they should be" How things should be ? Where I can find out ?

> The fact that one or the other is important really depends on what you
> are seeking...If you believe that popularity is important to make you
> successfull in your job then "learn ORACLE in 21 days" type of
> approaches are sufficient to fulfill this objectif ....

I don't think so.

>If you believe
> that knowledge is important to gain you self esteem and confidence you
> are doing data management by choice and not by circumstances then you
> must educate yourself first...

Where ?

> Hope this helps...

Me too. Received on Wed May 24 2006 - 12:01:06 CEST

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