Re: DBA - need to be a "great" programmer?

I'd say you are pretty much right. A lot will depend on the shop you are in. Are they well established Oracle, or new to oracle, are they doing a lot of development or mostly support and maintenance.

All these factors and more will determine exactly what your optimal skill set should be.

Mike

nospam <nospam_at_nospam.net> wrote in message news:kaKw6.4434$l61.840922_at_news1.news.adelphia.net...
> I'm thinking of becoming an Oracle DBA after about 12 years of working as
 a
> Project Manager/Business Analyst. My degree is in computer science and
> although I worked as a programmer for the first 2-3 years of my career, I
> never considered myself a great programmer. Given that I've been away
 from
> it for so long, I will essentially be starting over to some degree. I've
> learned some Oracle SQL and have no problems with it so far.
>
> Is it possible to become an effective DBA without being an expert
> programmer? I just purchased an Oracle Press book (DBA 101) and it seems
 to
> me that while there's a need to be able to write and interpret SQL
 scripts,
> much time is spent doing non-programming activities as well. I know this
 is
> stating the obvious, but "DBA" means so many different things to so many
> companies, so my hope is to be able to attain a basic set of "technical"
 DBA
> skills and then combine that with data modeling skills, which I think
 would
> build nicely from my previous business and management experience.
>
> Any thoughts, suggestions, or advice will be appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
Received on Thu Mar 29 2001 - 19:36:51 CST