RE: Oracle + Other DBMS's

Lisa,

        I'm faced with the same thing! I'm in a small town in Colorado and there are so very few great (even just decent) tech jobs here. Since our company announced the closing of the Colorado office, I've been searching for anything I can do remotely or locally so I don't have to move. When I say remote DBA the doors slam closed, even with 5 years experience. On the local front, there is only SQL Server on NT (all my 5 yrs Oracle have been on Unix!), so I'm up against a similar situation, only I don't have much of a choice.

        Scott's reply makes sense... and I hope I'll be able to get back to Oracle soon.... good luck to us both!

Tamara Swilley
Vail, CO

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From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Scott.Shafer_at_dcpds.cpms.osd.mil
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Oracle + Other DBMS's

Lisa,

In the long run it can be a good thing. If you go back to Oracle
exclusively at a later date, it'll come back pretty quickly - I know. Look
at it as expanding your skill set and becoming more marketable. The
environment counts for a lot as well.

YMMV, Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koivu, Lisa [SMTP:lkoivu_at_qode.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:47 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: OT: Oracle + Other DBMS's
>
> Good morning everyone,
>
> I've been job hunting as of late. I interviewed at a
place that wants an
> Oracle DBA to run one Oracle database (on NT), one
problematic Informix
> database/application (on HP/UX) and a whole slew of SQL
Server databases.
> The people are very nice, which is a good change, I've
interviewed places
> where the dba's there were just nasty, maybe they felt
threatened. But,
> if I decide I am interested in this position, I'm afraid
of losing touch
> with my Oracle skills and spending all my time learning
NT, Informix and
> SQL Server. The benefits for this position are incredible
(never
> receiving a traffic ticket again is a real possibility).
>
> My question is: How many of you are responsible for
databases that run on
> multiple DBMS's? Do you see that as a good thing or bad
thing?
>
> Lisa Rutland Koivu
>

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