Oracle Magazine, July/August 2019
PEER TO PEER ORACLE MAGAZINE JULY AUGUST 2019 24 Company URL Robotron Job title Group lead database projects Oracle credentials Oracle Performance Tuning Expert Oracle Database 11g Oracle Real Application Clusters Certified Expert Oracle Database 11g Oracle Database 12c Length of time using Oracle products 20 years How did you get started in IT As a teenager I started machine programming my old Commodore 64 and learned how computers work at a low level That led to my study of IT at the Professional Academy in Dresden and after finishing my studies I got a job as a DBA at Infineon Technologies AG My colleagues and I were responsible for roughly 100 production databases running 24 7 Up to that point I thought databases were evil I blamed them for performance issues that I was having during the software development stage and later when going live But I quickly learned that it was my fault for not implementing things properly I often look back on that experience when I talk to young developers I can understand them and help them figure out what might be the best approach to solving their problems What technology has most changed your life Mobile computing It makes work much easier when youre not bound to an office but it can be very addictive You must really force yourself not to use your mobile device constantly for social connection When I was a child growing up here in Dresden and there were no computers at all social connection meant meeting up in the wild and there was no stress if you werent at home and didnt answer a phone call Youve taken Oracle University OU classes in the past What led you to do this I needed a foundation upon which to build my knowledge of Oracle Database The most useful OU class was Oracle Database Administration I II Without it I wouldnt be where I am today Marco Mischke Dresden Germany
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