Re: About to start classses for Oracle DBA.... Will I be able to get a job

From: IANAL_VISTA <IANAL_Vista_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:20:05 GMT
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"richard.hawks_at_gmail.com" <richard.hawks_at_gmail.com> wrote in news:1123946274.671338.38720_at_g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> I am about to start the fall semester in an Oracle DBA certificate
> program in the Dallas, Texas area. I have no prior experience and would
> like to know when I finish would my prospects of getting a job be good?

You prospects will be close to zero.
"Paper" DBA are worth about as much as the paper of the certificate. IMO, you are wasting your money.

> And if experience is a major issue how could I get experience in the
> field when I finish school to make myself more marketable??

Yes, experience is invaluable.
Can you write & tune SQL?
Can you program in two or more languages? Can you function as a decent OS (non-Windoze) System Administrator? Can you troubleshoot; where your starting point is a report that "the application is running slow"? Received on Sat Aug 13 2005 - 11:20:05 CDT