Hi,


I had been campus recruited by IBM Global Services and after only one
month training I am working as a DB2 DBA on client side for past two
months.


I dont see many oppurtunities building for me in future since a DBA
without prior knowledge of SQL and PLSQL is useless.


shall I go for a project change at this point of time!!!

Well, that depends. Would you like to be a real DBA ?

Dibur wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I had been campus recruited by IBM Global Services and after only one
> month training I am working as a DB2 DBA on client side for past two
> months.

IBM Global Services, like other consulting organizations, is probably
starting to see some demand for DBA's in the mainframe environments.

There may be some real long term opportunities for people without
skills in DB2 and/or IMS to pursue a career path in those technologies.

Once you have several years of experience in one of the mainstream
commercial RDBMS products there may be opportunities to transition into
a different product, given sufficient motivation and a demonstrated
ability to perform.


>
> I dont see many oppurtunities building for me in future since a DBA
> without prior knowledge of SQL and PLSQL is useless.

Well do you want to build yourself up in those areas or not?

If you do want to get stronger in those areas why not spend some time
outside of work getting stronger?

>
> shall I go for a project change at this point of time!!!

For something easier? For something more relevant to your long term
interests?

You don't give us much idea of what area's you think are a better match
for your current skillset.

One or two years down the line working as a DBA what specific areas
apart from administration i should be focusing on to compete with a
person who career has followed a more conventional growth
path......moving from a sql developer to db administration.

One or two years down the line working as a DBA what specific areas
apart from administration i should be focusing on to compete with a
person whos career has followed a more conventional growth
path......moving from a sql developer to db administration.

"Dibur" <bhardwaj.n@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1137902907.731942.230000@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi,
>
>
> I had been campus recruited by IBM Global Services and after only one
> month training I am working as a DB2 DBA on client side for past two
> months.
>
>
> I dont see many oppurtunities building for me in future since a DBA
> without prior knowledge of SQL and PLSQL is useless.
>
>
> shall I go for a project change at this point of time!!!
>

If you got a DBA job after only a month of training, luck is on your side.
You don't need SQL.

Dibur wrote:
> One or two years down the line working as a DBA what specific areas
> apart from administration i should be focusing on to compete with a
> person whos career has followed a more conventional growth
> path......moving from a sql developer to db administration.

There is plenty of time within 2 years to gain substantial sql
developer skills approaching even expert status given sufficient
motivation.

You need to start with the basics and plan a program that matches your
current abilities.

No DBA is worth much if "only" administration skills are what they
possess.

So if I were you, I would put a huge amount of time and effort into
developing sql knowledge first. Then work at putting those skills to
some challenges in development efforts.

SQL tuning and performance tuning are also areas that will need
attention but put those things into your planning efforts after you
have master sql syntax and basic development skills.

You need to look deep into yourself and decide if you are up to the
challenge or if you don't have it in you.

Bob Jones wrote:
> "Dibur" <bhardwaj.n@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1137902907.731942.230000@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I had been campus recruited by IBM Global Services and after only one
> > month training I am working as a DB2 DBA on client side for past two
> > months.
> >
> >
> > I dont see many oppurtunities building for me in future since a DBA
> > without prior knowledge of SQL and PLSQL is useless.
> >
> >
> > shall I go for a project change at this point of time!!!
> >

#> If you got a DBA job after only a month of training, luck is on your
side.
#> You don't need SQL.

Now that's a really helpful reply

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:26:42 GMT, "Bob Jones" <email@me.not> wrote:

>You don't need SQL.
>

That will probably qualify as the most stupid remark made in this
forum in the year 2006.

--
Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:20:51 +0100, Sybrand Bakker wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:26:42 GMT, "Bob Jones" <email@me.not> wrote:
>
>>You don't need SQL.
>>
>
> That will probably qualify as the most stupid remark made in this
> forum in the year 2006.

Sarcasm - meet your lost cousin, cynicism.