Re: Becoming ORACLE DBA

Wow
I really didn't expect to see a flamefest in this post. I am not insulted by Daniel either. He is just been realistic. The thing is that I do get many job postings that have the "Oracle" keyword inside. Many of them do seek Graduates. They involve everything...admin, development and support. The common practice is that a database is managed by a team and most of the times that team administrates and supports both the OS and the DB. The team has people from different backgrounds and with different levels of experience. Which means there can be someone like Daniel managing the team, someone with PhD in databases, some developers and Unix specialists and some trainees. There are graduate job postings for Informix that don't expect from candidates to know 4GL but why should I want to apply to them. There 80 Informix job Postings vs 2800 Oracle.
Here follows an example job posting:

"Renowned global bank seeks bright, enthusiastic graduate for role as IT Support Specialist in the Ops and Systems department for a top hedge firm. The aim is to recruit an extremely bright graduate who would be interested in joining am Operations and Systems department.This team is focused Operation Systems (Solaris, Windows, LINUX), Databases (Sybase, Oracle), Networking (WAN, LAN), Applications and Telecom.They are ideally looking for a recent graduate with a degree in computer science/engineering.A background in strong client facing skills is required, as users will include IT people, business people, traders, quantitative analysts, and sales staff.In return, you will join a team that will expose you to the revenue generating functions of a business within a technically advanced organisation.You will also receive a competitive salary comprised of a basic and bonus, and private health/medical cover, and a non-contribution pen.Candidates must have min. BBB A-Levels,and 2.1 degree. "

These employers are blue chip companies and London has a top of the League finance Industry. Career guides state that finance companies are the best IT employers in the UK.
The reason for this thread was to learn more about the DBA job and if it will be a good choice to follow that career path. I did learned something from this thread. Thank all of you for replies. Could you also tell me what is the difference, if any, between an "Oracle DBA" and an "Oracle consultant"?

Ioannis Received on Sun Jul 03 2005 - 20:50:06 CDT