Visual Basic and Oracle

From: H_H <gucciard_at_Bayou.UH.EDU>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:42:32 -0600
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0103261742070.5074-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU>

Hello,

I am working as a software engineer, but I'd like to make a career change and go into the database field. Specifically, I'd like to eventually become an Oracle DBA. I don't have any working experience in databases.

I was told that it is hard to be hired as a DBA if I haven't worked with databases.

I noticed many companys want to hire junior VB programmers. In your experience, do you think that a position as a Visual Basic (+ SQL Server or Access) programmer would help me get started, or do you think this would be a bad career choice/path to begin with?

Do you think that, let's say, 2 years down the road, a company would want to offer me an Oracle-related job even though I have experience in Access and SQL Server as supposed to in Oracle?

I would greatly appreciate it if you shared your point of view on this.

Thanks in advance for your help. Received on Mon Mar 26 2001 - 17:42:32 CST