Oracle Magazine, Nov/Dec 2017
PEER TO PEER BY BLAIR CAMPBELL Talking It Out On a project on social media or quite literally in the field communication is key ORACLE MAGAZINE NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2017 24 Company Oraclewizard Job title President Length of time using Oracle products 29 years How did you get started in IT After high school I joined the US Navy and served as an aviation antisubmarine warfare technician The Navy provided me with skills that I still use today to troubleshoot complex problems When I left the military in 1982 I had quite a bit of difficulty eventually becoming severely depressed Because of my fascination with computers my counselor and parents recommended that I start taking programming and computer science classes So I went back to school and wound up working for Canon USA in PC support and then as an IDMS programmer One day my boss announced that my new career path would be with Oracle technology He declared me the companys new Oracle wizard and handed me a stack of Oracle tapes What is your go to Oracle reference book Thats easy Oracle PL SQL Programming by Steven Feuerstein OReilly Media sixth edition 2014 which is sitting on my desk right now dog eared and marked up Whats the most common cause you see when IT projects go wrong Blaming the messenger When things go wrong and they will go wrong some people blame others as opposed to focusing on the issue and correcting it Large IT projects require communication coordination and respect across a team Robert P Lockard Glen Burnie Maryland
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