Don't say that. My cousin's husband works in NYC as a DBA, so he
says. A few years ago this guy came out of Chubb and knew not very
much of anything, got a job with IT in UPS, they sent him to a class,
gave him some stuff a little at a time. He says that later on he was
working as an indep. contractor in NYC and says he was taking in about
US$300k/yr. Now he is a dba but he is no programmer and never was.
He says that it limits him but he says as a salaried employee he is
making somewhere around US$100k/yr. I dunno, is he lying? I hope so
because I've been with computers since I'm a kid, I taught
myself UNIX and am a UNIX sysadmin now and make under US$70k/yr, and
frankly feel like a failure when I talk to this guy, b/c I KNOW I'm as
smart or smarter than him and can do anything he does and more if I
could find a company willing to make me a dba like he found, but I
give him credit since he has alot of self confidence and can schmooz,
which is something I lack. Maybe he is just a good b*llsh*tter.....
"RKG" <rkg100_at_erols.com> wrote in message news:<a9nk3m$dij$1_at_bob.news.rcn.net>...
> No you wont get a job. There is no such thing as an entry level DBA. They
> will tell you that you will be "junior" after you finish the course. You
> wont, your entry level until you have experience. Junior DBAs are people who
> were Oracle Developers for 2+ years.
>
> You have to start as a developer if you want to get a job in Oracle.
> However, that market is so tight that unless you have a computer science
> degree... dont waste your money. Hardly anyone will hire people without
> experience or a 4 year programming type degree.
>
>
> "Bill" <wjapinga_at_mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:a9k7hg$mod$2_at_slb1.atl.mindspring.net...
> > Training Questions:
> > 1. Is commercial certificate training a viable way to get into an
> > entry-level
> > Oracle DBA position? (Yup, I know the IT market is down, but likely
> > back up by the time I'm ready.)
> > 2. Are there cheaper, but still practical alternatives? - I recognize that
> > this
> > isn't a "sit down with a book and a PC" committment.
> > 3. I would appreciate any feedback on the Oracle program at Skidmore
> > College. Anyone who went through this program or has interviewed
> > folks who came out of Skidmore.
> >
> > Career Questions:
> > There seems to be a bunch of different positions available related to
> > Oracle.
> > If I were more interested in Oracle-related development, database design,
> > etc.
> > is it usual to first go through the DBA job track or is there a pathway to
> > these
> > other positions?
> >
> > If it makes any difference, my experience is 20 years as a credit
> > analyst/loan
> > officer, but I've done some decent Access database development. Figure if
> > I am going to change careers at this point, I might as well go directly to
> > the best.
> >
> > Thanks very much for any input!
> > Bill Japinga
> > wjapinga_at_mindspring.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
Received on Sat Apr 20 2002 - 17:51:00 CDT
