Re: Oracle/ETL Opportunities in Columbus

"permplacement" <camoore_at_volt.com> wrote in message news:1105657280.492487.194280_at_z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> I would like to post this position with your group.
>
> I am currently working on an opportunity in Columbus for a Oracle Data
> warehousing Specialist. This is a full-time position with a premier
> employer in the Columbus Area. This opportunity is an excellent place
> for a dedicated qualified resource to build additional knowledge and
> experience in their area of interest related to Decision Support
> Services and Data warehousing. While building on their existing
> foundation professionally. I have provided some of the key points
> related to the position and hope that it would be of interest to your
> membership.
>
> Windows/Unix Environment.
> Oracle 9i.
> 2-3 Tier Support
> Strong PL/SQL and/or Informatica ETL
>
> Opportunity is geared for individual that likes to design complex data
> models
> Physical/Logical Database Design
> Solid understanding of Database Schemas
> Should be able to work with Metadata.
>
> If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please contact me
> via email or by phone. Again, I thank you for your time.
>
> Carol Moore
> Research Specialist
> Volt Information Services
> Professional Placement
> 312-994-6564
>

I don't want to get involved in the question of whether this notice should or should not have been posted in this group. I took the liberty of replicating it over in the Open IT Forum, where I expect it will generate some controversy. I hope I haven't done you a disservice.
And I don't plan on applying for a permanent job in Columbus, OH.

But let me just say a few things about your description:

First off, the comment about "should be able to work with metadata" deserves some comment. Some people, on first exposure to the term "metadata" think that it's something really, really profound and inscrutable, like metaphysics. It isn't.

It's arguably quite profound, but it's eminently "scrutable". In fact, that's the whole point. All metadata is, is data whose subject matter is data. If you know how to operate on data, then you know how operate on metadata. Thast's all there is to it. As far as knowing which operations are likely to yield value when operating on metatadata that depends, as it always does, on how well you understand the subject matter. And, as I've already said, the subject matter here is data. People who really understand data really understand the subject matter of metadata.

As far as I'm concerned, anybody who claims to be a database specialist and doesn't know how to work with metadata is a charlatan.

I can add more commentary, if you want, but this is getting long. Received on Fri Jan 14 2005 - 15:10:43 CET