Comments on: Do you nest? http://lukehoughton.com/2009/06/22/do-you-nest/ Thoughts about personal development Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Luke Houghton http://lukehoughton.com/2009/06/22/do-you-nest/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 Luke Houghton Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:31:09 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/?p=665#comment-2080 Hi Sameer, It's great to hear from you. I hope that everything is going well for you at the moment. Yes I think most jobs are like this these days. I am not sure why. I was speaking with Cameron Best yesterday and we were talking about jobs and how people fail to innovate because of always picking the most experienced people... there is something to be said for a fresh somewhat 'green' face because what they lack in experience they can learn, yet most I see lack the crucial thing... 'passion'. Hope life is treating your fairly Sameer! Luke Hi Sameer,

It’s great to hear from you. I hope that everything is going well for you at the moment. Yes I think most jobs are like this these days. I am not sure why. I was speaking with Cameron Best yesterday and we were talking about jobs and how people fail to innovate because of always picking the most experienced people… there is something to be said for a fresh somewhat ‘green’ face because what they lack in experience they can learn, yet most I see lack the crucial thing… ‘passion’.

Hope life is treating your fairly Sameer!

Luke

]]> By: Sameer http://lukehoughton.com/2009/06/22/do-you-nest/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Sameer Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:18:43 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/?p=665#comment-2076 Hey Luke, It was really great that you added this topic to your course materials. i used to be nested, when i completed my BBA degree in MIS in 2004, i thought that by taking an intensive training in any technology i can master that technology and get da best position in that technology. So i took an intensive training to be an Oracle DBA. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get that position due to my involvement in IT project management, and even if I was seriously looking for a DBA position I wouldn’t fit the requirements, anyway I didn’t realize that at that time. Now after I completed my masters, one of my friends asked me to take the same training again to refresh my memory and get my technical skills back. To be honest I was considering this plan from the very beginning. Now when I thought about it carefully and after doing a little research about how to become an oracle DBA I realized that such a position can’t be just obtained by training and working by yourself. What I found out from my little research was that most of the Oracle DBAs got that position through the support of their organizations. In other words, taking an intensive training for such a position would be a total waste of time if you are not supported by the organization. What I think now is that its best to wait for the organization that is willing to support you from DAY ONE to prepare you for a DBA position, or take a training on the job that you already have. Sameer Hey Luke,
It was really great that you added this topic to your course materials.
i used to be nested, when i completed my BBA degree in MIS in 2004, i thought that by taking an intensive training in any technology i can master that technology and get da best position in that technology. So i took an intensive training to be an Oracle DBA. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get that position due to my involvement in IT project management, and even if I was seriously looking for a DBA position I wouldn’t fit the requirements, anyway I didn’t realize that at that time.

Now after I completed my masters, one of my friends asked me to take the same training again to refresh my memory and get my technical skills back. To be honest I was considering this plan from the very beginning. Now when I thought about it carefully and after doing a little research about how to become an oracle DBA I realized that such a position can’t be just obtained by training and working by yourself. What I found out from my little research was that most of the Oracle DBAs got that position through the support of their organizations. In other words, taking an intensive training for such a position would be a total waste of time if you are not supported by the organization. What I think now is that its best to wait for the organization that is willing to support you from DAY ONE to prepare you for a DBA position, or take a training on the job that you already have.

Sameer

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