Guest Post: Using a Degree to Ward Off a Layoff is a post from: Database Geek Blog

This is a guest post. If you would like to write a guest post, please leave a comment or email me. I would prefer posts to be database related but career topics and other topics that would interest the majority of my readers will also be accepted. Readers, let me know what you think of guest posts. LewisC… Read the rest!

Useful Links 2009-02-25 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

From the Database-Geek.

Here are some links I thought might be useful (or at least interesting) to you:

Job Search

Does your resume look fine to you? Maybe it could use some editing: Critique Your Resume

With the economy in the tank, anyone can lose their job. If it’s been a while, you might need to read: Job Hunting for the Rusty

Free Software

Quake… Read the rest!

Not working for EDB anymore is a post from: Database Geek Blog

Well, I am no longer working for EnterpriseDB. It was fun while it lasted but it’s over so I am moving on. I found a new job, locally. It’s pure Oracle and I will get to use Real Application Clusters in a production environment. That’s something I haven’t done in the past so I am looking forward to it. It’s also a java,… Read the rest!

Employers, Post Your Job Here is a post from: Database Geek Blog

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Oracle Jobs is a post from: Database Geek Blog

I am now listing Oracle Jobs here on the Oracle DB News blog. You can click the banner above or on the list of jobs to the right.

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If you need a job, think about going this route.

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Oracle Security: A Definition in Plain English, Part 4 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

This is part 4 of a 3 part series. Heh I guess this qualifies as a little lagniappe on security and audit. I could have called this Oracle Audit but I already spoke about audit in Part 3. I just decided to continue on in the series.

This is a brief, technical discussion about the implementation of audit in… Read the rest!

Oracle Security: A Definition in Plain English, Part 3 is a post from: Database Geek Blog

Regardless of any regulations you are required to meet you can implement a security and audit scheme that will cover you for most, if not all, eventualities. Having good security and auditability should be desirable regardless of regulations. It protects your business.

In parts 1 and 2, I covered the security side of it. So what do I mean… Read the rest!

TOTD, What is a DBA? is a post from: Database Geek Blog

Warning: Personal Soapbox Approaching.

I was reading a newsgroup discussion and the topic of DBAs and their usefulness/trivialization came up (yet again). This topic seems to show up at one time or another on every Oracle discussion board.

Whether I agree or not with any of the things said in the discussion doesn’t really matter. It got me thinking about… Read the rest!