Re: Oracle DBA Job or Oracle Apps Support?

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:17:11 +1000
Message-ID: <3f6bd58b$0$6526$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Rudy Susanto wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm in a dillema, i don't know what is the best for my future career.
> I have 2 options for my career.
>
> The first option, be a DBA just like now, maintain database and get
> new responsibility as an appl DBA.
>
> And the second option, i'm in a new area, as application support,
> involve in financial, manufacturing, and plant maintenance. These apps
> are really big.
>
> I need your advices and suggestions guys.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rudy Susanto

Become a web developer.

It's heaps of fun, and you get to p*ss on the DBA guys.

And it's the way of the future: you can write heaps of Java code that bears absolutely no relation to the shape of the database it's working with, and then you can blame the DBA for the mismatch.

Sounds good to me!

Seriously: the days of the DBA are numbered, and the emphasis is shifting to the middle tier. If you can write it or deploy it on the middle tier, you'll be in business. But administering the back-end? Forget it... it will be self-destructing, er.... sorry, self-tuning from 10G onwards, and self-immolating, er... sorry, self-administering, too.

Regards
HJR Received on Fri Sep 19 2003 - 23:17:11 CDT