OT: Oracle

[bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org]

On 4/12/06, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 4/12/06, bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org <bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I am interested in pursuing an education in Oracle. I'm wondering what
> > employment opportunities exist for someone with Oracle Certification?
> > If anyone has any information or ideas, I'd be very grateful!
> >
> > I think there should be many opportunities as almost every industry
> > uses databases. I'm also wondering how hard it is for someone with a
> > certificate, but no work experience, to find employment in this field.
>
> There almost always is the rub...  There historically are plenty of
> places that could use someone who is an experienced Oracle DBA; places
> which need that typically can't afford the time and effort to take
> someone inexperienced and make them experienced because there's
> Important Stuff We Need To Do Now.
>
> As mentioned last night, Afilias does have openings for DBAs.  And
> it's worth mentioning that we're not exclusively looking for people
> that already have enormous PostgreSQL experience, as we have
> historically found that to be difficult to search for.
>
> Experience with other databases would be considered valuable; the
> things that tend to be of "negative value" are what is classically a
> sort of "Oracle bigotry," namely where people think that how Oracle
> implements things is necessarily the Only Way Databases Are Supposed
> To Work.
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Christopher,

Thanks for the info. Right now I am reading an SQL book that is very
good at showing the differences in DBMSes... Oracle, PostgreSQL,
MySQL, DB2 and even Msoft. I plan on delving into the opensource ones
(PostgreSQL and MySQL) as much as possible too. Primarily I picked
Oracle because it is the defacto industry standard, but also so that I
can obtain a "certificate", as that is what employers always want to
see (or so it seems).

Thanks for your words of encouragement.

-Steve.
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