From: zbethem@NO-SPAMspeakeasy.net   
      
   Pramod Ramachandran wrote:   
   > Hi group,   
   >   
   > I am a software professional working at Trivandrum, south India, with   
   > around 4 years mixed experience in J2EE development, Crystal Reports,   
   > Customer support, Oracle DBA activities and developer support in   
   > PL-SQL. My worry is that I was not able to succeed careerwise in any   
   > one of these areas since I have all these multiple responsibilities -   
   > obviously because ours is a small organization. So  last year I   
   > thought of pursuing OCP (Oracle certified professional) programme and   
   > secure a DBA job and I completed the course in about 6 months. But   
   > adding to my misery I could not get a placement elsewhere since I am   
   > an inexperienced DBA with no production experience. There is nothing   
   > like entry level DBA and now I regret my decision. I have limited   
   > responsibility as DBA - once in a week I take logical backup, I have   
   > done some tuning activities , especially statement level and   
   > modification of SGA size. This is nothing compared to the employers   
   > expectations where extensive experience is required which is   
   > impossible in my current employment. The only thing I could do is just   
   > reading documentation, DBA handbooks, try to simulate scenarios and   
   > play with them.   
   >   
   > We have an 8i database running in Win2000.   
   >   
   > I was late to understand that there arent many entry level DBAs and   
   > most people I have met with extensive DBA experience are system admins   
   > or developers turned DBAs. Now I am planning to switch back to J2EE   
   > development.   
   >   
   > Do you agree with this ? Please advice.   
   >   
   > all suggestions welcome.   
   >   
   > TIA   
   >   
   > Pramod Ramachandran   
      
   I too was thinking of making a career switch to DBA (earlier posting). I   
   realized I'd be taking a pay cut, but continue to worry about getting   
   that first junior DBA position.  Are you only looking in India or   
   elsewhere?  Curious to the market conditions.   
      
   Zack   
      
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