Sharon
Senior Associate
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Post by Sharon on Mar 12, 2013 9:23:05 GMT -5
To get a job as a DBA you will need a whole lot more schooling than a class on MS Access.
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Joined: May 18, 2024 12:03:33 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2013 9:56:25 GMT -5
Good DBA's are always in demand. It has been one of the top IT jobs for over a decade.
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formerroomate99
Junior Associate
Joined: Sept 12, 2011 13:33:12 GMT -5
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Post by formerroomate99 on Mar 12, 2013 10:03:50 GMT -5
Are you a people person, especially over email? Because since the 'A' in DBA stands for administrator, you're going to spend a fair amount of your day dealing with users, running scripts they sent you, helping debug their code, fulfilling requests for access, explaining stuff to less technical users and occasionally having to say 'No' to people and justify yourself.
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shanendoah
Senior Associate
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Post by shanendoah on Mar 12, 2013 15:50:04 GMT -5
I've done database administration as part of other jobs, but never full time.
As others have said, there's a lot of helping others, granting or removing access, debugging queries, etc, but there can also be a good deal of straight up coding. That's why most DBA's have computer science degrees, not a few classes in using MS Access. You can do some neat things with Access with a few classes. A programmer can make it so you don't even realize you're using an MS Office product.
The programming is the one part I've never done. I have always worked with actual programmers who made the changes I requested, but that's why DBA wasn't my full time job.
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