May 29, 2009 at 9:50 am
While I don't believe that you need a degree to succeed, I do belive that it helps to open a lot of doors. I've got degrees in Business and Computer Sicence and they've served me well over the years in the number opportunites that they've provided, but as the success itself has come from the work of myself and others.
February 8, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Brad:
I know you posted this question back in May. I was cleaning out some old e-mails when I came across this one. If you are still interested: I got my undergraduate degreee in history from UCLA. I got my master's degree in Library Science from USC (the School Of Library Science has since closed). I worded in academic & public libraries for 15 years. In the late '70's, I began to see that computers were goint to revolutionize the way people retrieved information. I took some computer classes at a community college. I got a job as a "Software Librarian" at Hughes Aircraft Co. Several months later, a Fortran programmer in our department transferred out. My supervisor knew that I had taken Fortran classes after work, & wondered if I would be interested in the vacant position. I jumped at the chance.
A few years later, one of the projects at Hughes began using Oracle. They had no DBA & asked if I would be interested. I knew nothing about it (it was 1983), but said yes. I taught myself Oracle database administration by reading a manual over breakfast. In 1991 I went into database admnistration full time.
In 1995, I started work at Health Net, and had my first taste of SQL Server (v. 4.2) I went on to v.6.5 but missed v.7.
I went on to Northrop Grumman where I am today. I administer Oracle 10gr2, Oracle 11gr1, 11gr2,
and SQL Server 2005 databases. I can genuinely say I like my work. I guess my story falls into the convuluted category.
Yours Truly, David Shink, Senior Database Administrator
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