requires in-depth knowledge not only of Database design but the plethora
of features a RDBMS has....knowing how to perform a SELECT or run a DTS
aint gonna get you far.
Gaining certification is quite simply a must in the database
market....certs in application design are not - especially in CF.
just my $0.02
Neil
Joshua OConnor-Rose wrote:
>Regarding DBA positions.
>
>Working with Coldfusion these past 6 years or so I
>have gotten extremely comfortable working with MS-SQL
>Server and SQL in general that I don't believe it
>would be too wrong for me to apply those skills to a
>DBA position (of which there seems to be either a
>greater need or greater demand for someone skilled.)
>
>Although it strikes me as amazing that a very specific
>subset of expertise can be more valued than diversity
>(I find it strange that there is a job where the only
>expectation of the DBA is to 'live' in the single
>piece of software) similar to my amazement with a
>sysadmin and other strange positions. Where in only
>moderately smaller shops I have seen these roles
>filled by a single person.
>
>However I'm not sure how one would start as a DBA in a
>position. Does certification help (i.e. vastly more
>important than it does in Application Development). Do
>I need to . . . 'repurpose' my resume so that it looks
>like I've done Jr. DBA work (or put it in the title).
>Or is going back to Tech school and going entry level
>the only way to move into that field.
>
>Any thoughts on this? Or is it too off topic?
>
>(By the way the Job Market thread is incredebly
>enlightening)
>
>-Joshua O'Connor-Rose
>-All is Good
>
>
>
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