Oracle Magazine, Jan/Feb 2018
PEER TO PEER BY BLAIR CAMPBELL Just Go Do It When learning the ropes try experimentation education and hitting the open road ORACLE MAGAZINE JANUARY FEBRUARY 2018 26 Company URL ViON Corporation Job title Advanced technical consultant Oracle credentials Oracle Certified Professional Oracle Database 11g Oracle Database 12c Length of time using Oracle products 16 years How did you get started in IT Back in 1981 I took advantage of an offer to learn all about a fourth generation hierarchical database tool called FOCUS to build some shadow IT for my companys growing enduser reporting demands I fell in love with programming and went on to get really involved with Oracle database administration I eventually became an Oracle University instructor training more than 2000 DBAs during my 10 year tenure What advice do you have about getting into database development Read through the 2 Day DBA guide to learn the basics Then build your own Oracle VM VirtualBox environment download the Oracle infrastructure and database software build your own Oracle database and learn how to back it up properly Next youll want to destroy that environment and recover from its loss In other words just go do it Whats the most common cause you see when IT projects go wrong Ive never forgotten something I read in Gerald Weinbergs book The Secrets of Consulting Dorset House 1986 No matter what your client tells you its always a people problem Having excellent cohesion between every team member is key Jim Czuprynski Bartlett Illinois
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