> Hi group,
>
> Do you know of any really, realy senior ORACLE DBA? I guess I am
> wondering how long you can work as an ORACLE DBA - or as a technical
> person as a matter of fact. My thinking is that IT is still relatively
> new as a career option. So there may not be a lot of very senior IT
> professionals. So how do you envision your career path as an ORACLE
> DBA will take you? I am interested in knowing some real life cases. Do
> you think it is inevitable that all IT professionals will end up in
> the management?
>
I've seen tons of DBA who will never in my mind be senior DBA's, even
if they keep the same position for the next 30 years. Nothing gets me
as mad as to hear "I'm the one who knows, I've been a DBA 3 years
longer than you". Too many DBA's are happy to just keep things
running, and look the other way if a developer comes to ask them some
tuning advice or some help with some PL/SQL code. Therefore, telling
you a timeframe to become a senior DBA is in my opinion useless and
senseless. My list of really, really senior Oracle DBA includes Tom
Kyte, Jonathan Lewis, Sybrand, Steve Adams, Howard Rogers, ... (please
no one don't get mad if I forget them, I'm just going from memory!).
Daniel
Received on Mon Jan 19 2004 - 19:02:58 CST
