Re: career in SQL/Database administration

I think most careers these days are shifting towards "package jobs" where
one guy does everything.

Jon

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Bryant M wrote:

> Can anyone reccomend a career path or maybe past experience on a good
> career path to becoming a DBA?  I recently took a class on Intro to SQL
> at the local college and enjoyed it very much.  I dont want to become a
> full-time PHP, SQL, ASP, Java,etc. programmer, though.  My background is
> in Windows Networking and administration (AD and Exchange) and hardware
> troubleshooting.  I assume as a DBA I would still be able to maintain
> the server hardware, systems, design, and networking layout, but still
> be able to create tables, modify data, and perform SQL maintainence all
> at the same time.  I was told by my instructor many DBAs are past (or
> still current) UNIX System Administrators.  I would not rule out
> switching to Unix/Linux as my platform of choice either, I've been an
> avid Linux hobbyist for over 5 years now.  Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, MS-SQL
> preferred?  Any further thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
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