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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Becoming ORACLE DBA
IANAL_VISTA wrote:
> IOANNIS MANOLOUDIS <im33_at_kent.ac.uk> wrote in
> news:da4ob9$jts$1_at_oheron.kent.ac.uk:
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>> Hello >> I am currently finishing my MSc course in computer science.
Well I passed all modules in the exams. I got 83% in Java programming and 72% in Unix. In the UK grades over 70% are rated first class. I am working on my dissertation with CLOUDSCAPE. If the grade of my dissertation is above 70% then I'll be awarded MSc with distinction.
> With which languages are you a proficient programmer?
I also know good JAVA, C and SQL. With some luck, that is if the industrial coordinator can arrange it, I will sit in the exams for JAVA core certification.
> Are you qualified to be a backup Systems Administrator? Which OS?
I have been using Linux ever since 1998. But I don't have any formal qualifications.
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>> I am also looking for a job.
Well here in the UK IT jobs (development, administration, communications) involve team working. In the team there are people from many national and educational backgrounds and with varying levels of experience. There are jobs for graduate trainees who have just finished their degrees.
>> I am very interested in becoming ORACLE DBA.
I am under the impression that DBA's are some of the best paid and trained IT professionals. Oracle is the market leader in Databases. Every company has a database system and most likely it will be running Oracle. If I change employer it will be easier for me to find a new one.
> when you don't know the answers to the following questions?
But if I knew or if I thought I knew I wouldn't have posted this would I? I know of cases where people who don't have yet finished their degrees get the chance to work with contract for blue chip companies in Databases.
Two months ago I attended the assessment centre of HSBC. Next to me there was a 20 year old guy who was a 2nd year undergraduate in physics. He had a chat with a Sr DBA and he was told that many IT professionals don't have IT degrees and that his department employees' background ranges from contract trainees to world leading computer scientists with PhD's. While we were leaving with him in the train I chatted a bit with him. He doesn't know anything about computers, backups, administration, operating systems...yet a blue chip company had invested hundreds to call him twice and assess him.
> Will the answers to the questions below influence your choice?
>
YES.
>> Can some ORACLE DBAs please talk to me about their job?
>> Does it pay well?
>> What sort of skills does it require?
What about general skills? Does it involve good communication skills? Interpersonal skills? Team leader skills? Client communication skills? Do DBAs need to be geeks or anoraks?
>> Does it involve working for very long hours?
>> Is it a technical or a consultancy job?
>> Does it have 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?
From some volunteering experience in helpdesk posts, I know I am supposed to carefully listen the client and how he is experiencing the problem. As a DBA I should check some log files to compare current performance with previous. I start looking in the client side interface with the server.
Ioannis Received on Sat Jul 02 2005 - 07:00:25 CDT
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