Comment Computer Engineer turned DBA (Score 1) 422
So I get my degree in computer engineering. I had hoped to go into embedded systems development of one sort or another. Prior to graduating, I did the career fair bit, talked with reps of the company I was most interested in working for, pass on the résumé. I get a call... about a design DBA position. Right.
Well, they hired me. Not because I knew Sybase (which I most certainly did not -- I'd never even touched logical database design in college!), but on the basis that I (theoretically) could pick up something new in a short amount of time. I wasn't going the pass up the opportunity. Besides, programming (even microcontrollers) could get old, at least for me. Heh.
Three years later, I'm a Sr. DBA handling both Sybase and Oracle, working to introduce the higher-ups to MySQL. It's been a weird, wild ride, but well worth it. The pay's certainly working out for me!
Well, they hired me. Not because I knew Sybase (which I most certainly did not -- I'd never even touched logical database design in college!), but on the basis that I (theoretically) could pick up something new in a short amount of time. I wasn't going the pass up the opportunity. Besides, programming (even microcontrollers) could get old, at least for me. Heh.
Three years later, I'm a Sr. DBA handling both Sybase and Oracle, working to introduce the higher-ups to MySQL. It's been a weird, wild ride, but well worth it. The pay's certainly working out for me!
