Re: Best way to learn Oracle?

On 2006-03-14, gbarbour <gbarbour_at_csc> wrote:
>
> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
> news:1142267373.564709_at_yasure.drizzle.com...
>> gbarbour wrote:
>>> <jonathan.conway_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1141566620.431325.3010_at_e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
[deletia]
>>> And, what makes you think being an Oracle dba is lucrative?
>>> DBA's are ten a penny, in this country anyway, and get paid accordingly.
>>> Latest adds £18,000 - £20,000. Programmers are better paid.
>>> Shabble.

        In the US, going rates seem to be all over the place. This seems to be more an indication of the overall job market more than anything else. Some development specialities seem to fetch more than most dba specialities. However, in my last company DBA's in general tended to be treated as "one level" higher than the corresponding developer.

        DBA -> Sr. Developer , Sr. DBA -> Lead Developer, etc

        I guess if you are interested in nothing more than following the money then you've got to get a good feel for who's getting paid what in your particular market.

>>
>
>> And your country is?
>
> United Kingdom.

        Mebbe you need to defect. '-)

>
>> And those DBAs are skilled with 9i and 10g or are a bunch of v7 and v8
>> dinosaurs hanging on for a few more years until retirement.
>>
> These DBAs are skilled with 9i and 10g; also v7 and v8 come to that.
> Study the Capability Maturity Model provided by Carnegie Mellon and ITIL/
> ITSM.

[deletia]

-- 
	The best OS in the world is ultimately useless         |||
	if it is controlled by a Tramiel, Jobs or Gates.      / | \

 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services
----------------------------------------------------------
    ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY **
----------------------------------------------------------        
                http://www.usenet.com