Re: Becoming ORACLE DBA

IOANNIS MANOLOUDIS <im33_at_kent.ac.uk> wrote in news:da4ob9$jts$1_at_oheron.kent.ac.uk:

> Hello
> I am currently finishing my MSc course in computer science.

What's your grade point average?
With which languages are you a proficient programmer? Are you qualified to be a backup Systems Administrator? Which OS?

> I am also looking for a job.

So are many unemployed Oracle DBAs.
Why should an employer hire you instead of one of them?

> I am very interested in becoming ORACLE DBA.

Why are you "very interested in becoming ORACLE DBA", when you don't know the answers to the following questions?

Will the answers to the questions below influence your choice?

> Can some ORACLE DBAs please talk to me about their job?

> Does it pay well?

Quantify well.

> What sort of skills does it require?

It requires knowing how to manage Oracle DBs & related s/w.

> Does it involve working for very long hours?

At times it does.
Many/most Oracle DBs are required to be available 24x7. Guess when DB upgrades are allowed to occur.

> Is it a technical or a consultancy job?

> Does it have fun?

What is "it"?
Define "fun"?

Pretend/assume you are hired as an Oracle DBA. On first day on the job a user calls & reports that their database application is running SLOW. Where do you start looking for the source of the slowdown? Received on Fri Jul 01 2005 - 20:36:58 CDT