Re: What do you need to excel with databases?

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 11:46:46 +0100
Message-ID: <hm5b0vcg0lll21cunmn9qugho0vi3fed11@4ax.com>

On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:37:13 +0100, "it" <it_at_it.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>thanks to a downturn I am considering a career in DB programming so I wonder
>do you need any special education or type of mind/talent to excel with it?
>I suppose you dont have to be very much creative but you need a strong
>logic. No numerical skills but strong concentration?
>Another question is are realtional databases her to stay or object oriented
>are the future? But what about Lyee programming methodology ?
>
>thank you
>
>IT
>

Basically the only thing you really need is the willingness to read manuals and to understand the *concepts* behind the mere syntax descriptions.
You would also need the capability to troubleshoot, the capability to combine initially apparently unrelated issues, and above all you'll need perseverance, design and think before you start hacking a program together and go for *structural* solutions, instead of programming with glue and sellotape.

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

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