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?
Received on Thu Jan 18 2001 - 10:57:10 CST