Re: Becoming an Oracle DBA?

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:33:53 -0000
Message-ID: <92v9o6$a9b$1@soap.pipex.net>

I agree entirely with what David says below. Of course you won't entrust your business critical data to a trainee/novice. However neither should you IMO entrust it to only ONE person. You should always have a team of sorts. In this team one (or more) will be senior and one (or more) will be junior. So there should be opportunities with people with no experience and certification, or conversely experience and no certification.

<rant>
And while I'm on why don't companies train and retain their staff these days. ALL experienced DBA's start out as inexperienced and untrained. On the way they get both experience and training. To me there is absolutely no reason for there to be a skills shortage in Oracle related work. The product has been around for way long enough for people to have been trained and gained experience on it. The sole reason for the skills shortage is the lack of training currently on offer in most companies. </rant>
regards

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK

"David Fitzjarrell" <oratune_at_aol.com> wrote in message
news:92sqj2$v2j$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...


> In our last gripping episode "atl.mediaone" <rmycroft_at_mediaone.net>

> wrote:

> > No one with any sense is going to trust their company data - and

 that's what gets stored in those databases -


> > to someone with just a bunch of certificates.  The price if you screw

 up is


> > way too high. Go look at the ads in your local paper and you'll see

 that


> > almost 100% require work experience.  I've even seen ads locally that

 state


> > 'no developers need apply.'

> >

> > Rich M.

> >

>


> Then there must be a number of "senseless" companies out there.  I know

> of several entry-level DBA's who had no experience but obtained jobs.

> Of course they were the "low man on the totem pole" in the DBA group,

> and didn't have sole responsibility for any major projects, but they

> did find work and have successfully grown in their careers.  It IS

> possible.  But, don't expect to have any real responsibilities for a

> while.

>


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> David Fitzjarrell

> Oracle Certified DBA

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