You know what William; Not to kiss you ass or anything like that. But, I do like your comments.
Yes, it has been 3 to 4 years since I have been in a production environment. But, I do not consider myself exactly entry level. I just need to devote myself to one complete year of learning some current/additional tools in-depth and to get a couple of certifications. And if by chance I get an opportunity to work in the field again, take it from there by studying hard on the environment that I would be working in and devoting as much time as needed to come up to speed. Thanks... Vincent..... ________________________________ From: William L. Thomson Jr. <[email protected]> To: Jax-LUG <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, November 10, 2010 4:32:53 PM Subject: Re: Learn SQL at home On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 10:57 -0500, Paul Tiseo wrote: > Vincent: > > I am unsure why someone who needs to learn LDAP needs to learn SQL. At > least, in a career-related context. Not to say that any curiosity > should go unsatisfied, nor that broadening one's knowledge is ever a > bad thing... LDAP with SQL back-ends are not abnormal in an enterprise environment, but its surely not entry level stuff. Both are rather complex, and mixing the two much less customizing is not trivial at all. > Asked differently, how do you see yourself practically using your SQL > knowledge once you have it? Not a bad question to ask yourself before you even begin on the quest, as it can determine direction, depth, etc. > There's not much need for deep SQL knowledge in a systems admin. In a > DBA or developer? Yes. In general terms yes, but a fair amount of system admins do interact with SQL, likely in more depth than they would want, but happens. Usually as a result of something LDAP related, customizations, etc. But can also be for other things, back ends to management tools, storage for system configurations, entire system images, etc. Granted systems are not designing, creating, and all around developing databases. More modifying schemas, queries, etc. -- William L. Thomson Jr. Obsidian-Studios, Inc. http://www.obsidian-studios.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
