Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-22 Thread Tim Gorman
Sherry, Sounds like good advice. There is no way of actually knowing, but I'm sure that the vast majority of DBAs on this list were systems- and applications-developers first. I still consider myself a "C" programmer first and foremost even though nobody cares about "C" anymore, and just about

RE: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-22 Thread JoJo Al-Zawawi
Hi Sherry ! I understand that Washington Mutual often hires entry-level Oracle DBA's. Try them! Cheers, JoJo (Glendale, CA) http://www.jojo-zawawi.com -Original Message- Lopata Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 5:33 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi gurus, I have taken a few

Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-22 Thread Mladen Gogala
On 2002.05.22 20:33 Sherry Lopata wrote: > Hi gurus, > I have taken a few Oracle DBA courses at UCLA Extension, passed my > first DBA certification exam, but have not been able to find an entry > level position in this area. (My background is in printing and > marketing... big career move...

Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-22 Thread Peter . McLarty
y: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23-05-2002 11:43 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Fax to: Subject:Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER? Sherry, Sounds like good advi

Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-22 Thread Mladen Gogala
O > if you are enthusiastic and are adaptable and can express that to a > prospective employer you might get into what you want. I think > attitude My advice to those who want to become DBAs is that they shouldn't be overly concerned if they feel a pang of enthusiasm: it will pass. Healthy sar

RE: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-23 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
to: Subject:Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER? Sherry, Sounds like good advice. There is no way of actually knowing, but I'm sure that the vast majority of DBAs on this list were systems- and applications-developers first. I still consider myself a &

RE: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-23 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Sherry, I followed the same path, started as a developer and was interested in DBA duties from the beginning. So, when a position opened up, they gave me the choice and I took the offer. By then they knew what I could (and couldn't) do, and so we both had a win win situation. and I am glad to be

Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-23 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Mladen, You? Sarcastic? Never :) --- Mladen Gogala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > O > > if you are enthusiastic and are adaptable and can express that to a > > prospective employer you might get into what you want. I think > > attitude > > My advice to those who want to become DBAs is that th

Re: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-23 Thread Mladen Gogala
On 2002.05.23 07:03 "Farnsworth, Dave" wrote: > Or you can go straight into damagement. It requires no technical > skills, no people skills and the innate ability to royally screw > things up. Upon completion of screwing things up, leaving a mess for > the DBA to cleanup, you then are promoted

RE: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER?

2002-05-24 Thread Sherry Lopata
Thanks for the tip. Have a great weekend! Sherry >From: JoJo Al-Zawawi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: newbie seeks career direction: become a DBA or DEVELOPER? >Date: Wed,