I personally love being a DBA. I have found my niche. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:08 PM
> I'm curious. Does everyone here think the IT profession is hard? Does > everyone think that being a DBA is harder than say, a teacher, or a sales > clerk, or something else? > > I don't understand the attitude. Or maybe I'm just lucky. The IT field is > wide-open for everyobe to find a niche where they are comfortable. > > And it is certainly a better field than nursing (hours, pay and exposure to > multyitude of diseases suck!), teaching (while working with most kids would > be fun, the pay is tough and the hard-luck kids are tougher), retail (wanna > work in Home-Depot?). > > While some damagement is tough to work with, I think the field is > interested, challenging and always interesting. And the pay is better than > most. > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 12:27 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I can relate to this. I have two sons and both have told me that based on > what > my work life seems like they would never pursue an IT career. Things could > change over time, of course, as the reality of making a living sets in. My > undergraduate and graduate degrees have absolutely nothing to do with > computers or anything remotely technical and yet here I am with decades of > "computer work" experience. > > And, by the way, even as a male I was never encouraged in High School to > pursue > a profession. So far as I can tell they didn't see much potential in me. > It > irks my English teacher wife no end that I earn almost twice what she > does...and she was the one with exceptional grades and lots of > encouragement. > Not bragging. I think she's worth a lot more than what she's paid. > > Kip > > |Just asking .. I'm told that the number of "Americans" (by which I mean > kids > |born in the States) entering technical fields of all types is declining. > |Could the decline of the number of women in IT entering IT be a part of > that > |trend? > > |For that matter, I wasn't really called on much in school (and glad for it, > |I wasn't usually paying attention), nor did my teachers encourage me that I > |can recall for anything in particular. Yet, here I am, earning a living > |doing computer stuff. > > |If 'girls' (or boys, see para 1) aren't encouraged in technical matters, > |perhaps it's a problem beyond the scope of an overworked and underpaid > |teachers? Please note, I speak as a father of six and the husband of an > |(former) educator. > > |~brian > > > |-----Original Message----- > |Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:39 AM > |To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > |I think that within the population of women in IT, the number of female > |Oracle DBAs is increasing. However, in general, the number of women > |entering IT is decreasing. That is, the number of women who are > |encouraged to become DBAs or developers or network admins or sys admins > |is decreasing. > > |I've noticed (I have a friend with a 13 year old son and a 16 year old > |daughter) that the schools are not encouraging girls to go into science > |or math. There have been studies done that show that teachers in those > |fields tend to call on the girls in the class less and spend less time > |helping them understand the subjects. > > |My opinion only > > |Rachel > > |--- DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |> Recently this list had a discussion of female Oracle DBAs. The > |> consensus was > |> that the numbers were increasing, which I view as a good thing. Here > |> is an > |> article with industry statistics saying that the number of women in > |> IT is > |> decreasing. > |> http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/1564501 > |> Any theories? > |> > |> Dennis Williams > |> DBA, 40%OCP > |> Lifetouch, Inc. > |> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |> -- > |> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > |> -- > |> Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > |> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |-- > |Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > |-- > |Author: Brian Dunbar > | INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > |Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > |San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > |--------------------------------------------------------------------- > |To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > |to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > |the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > |(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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