Re: Chance to obtain Entry Level Oracle DBA with OCP

From: <dominica_at_secondhat.secondhat.com>
Date: 08 Nov 2001 22:27:10 GMT
Message-ID: <9se8d4$iej$1@secondhat.secondhat.com>

Hi Mike,
Actually today, another person email me directly for this question.

First the job market is terrible, a lot of very senior and very good oracle dba is out of job in California side.

The problem is for a big/huge company with a big/critical database, no management will willing to let an entry level person to admin the database. Basically , they are afraid ..

Passing OCP is good, but I know several people that have the OCP , and in real life ,they don't know what to do in a lot of the cases.

Best thing to do is to work in a small company with small db and then sometimes, you might have to do some oracle developer job, and gain some experience on a smaller oracle db first , and then jump another job to a medium size company with medium db, and learn that and then go to work for a company has a large db.

Since pretty large db is not easy to deal with. Especially in the recovery and backup thing, if the db is 1 terabyte.. it is another new story. GOod luck.

Dominica

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In article <eGbG7.84994$ez.10896497_at_news1.rdc1.nj.home.com>, mike <mfarkas7_at_home.com> wrote:
>I would appreciate some opinions on my position; I have 6 years experience
>as developer on legacy database. I just finished my last test, so I'm OCP
>for Oracle 8 DBA (also have BS). Unfortunately, times aren't that great as
>one year ago, when I started this track. What are my chances to get entry
>level DBA position in NY-NJ area and what salary I should look for. OR
>should I try to get first oracle developer's position?
>I posted my resume on monster and other sites, but I'm not getting any
>replies; how should I go about looking for any position?
>Thanks ahead for your opinions.
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Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 16:27:10 CST