Written by Only a couple of years ago, I would never have thought I would start blogging. But, you know, as Forrest Gump’s mom said “Life’s a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
So, here I am… the first post…
Sticking to the topic “Never Say Never”, I would like to share with you how I ended up in this business. In the early nineties, I was a student in the department of Electrical Engineering at the Ecole d’ingénieurs de Fribourg. In my final year, I specialized in computer engineering. As a result, my professional interests were related to micro controllers and processors, operating systems (mainly Unix) and C/C++ programming languages. Basically, I hated only one thing in the IT-environment: database engines! At that time, I was introduced to Ingres on Sun 1 workstations. However, I don’t think this was the cause of the problem ;-) Anyway, at that time I promised to myself to stay away from database engines for the rest of my life. But, as I wrote before, never say never! After a short foray into Informix, I had my first contact with Oracle7 in 1995. Since then, I have been focussing on understanding how the Oracle database engine works and, therefore, how to correctly use it to leverage its power.
Hi Chris,
Well I hope you reckognised me,the same guy from OTN who bugged you alot regarding SCN and all that ;-).I came to know recently that the Troubleshooting PT book is from me.Its in my wihlist from so long and I didnt know that you are a part of OakTable too.Its so nice to have you on OTN and I am so lucky that I got a chance to interact with you.I am going to add your site and blog in my fav site and blog list.And your book order is going to be confirmed now :-).
Keep up the good work.Teach and make juniors like me too a good knowledgeable person liek you are.
With warm regards
Aman….
PS:I had posted some questions here
;Chris.If you get some time free,please try to reply.Hi Aman
How I could forgot that thread ;-) Actually, there is an entry on my to-do list to reply to it… Unfortunately, I was not able to look at the OTN forums for several weeks. Few days ago I re-started looking at it…
Cheers,
Chris
Hi Chris,
>>How I could forgot that thread ;-)
LOL ok I shall take it as a compliment ;-).Just kidding!Indeed it was a veyr nice discussion and I am sure,there will be lot many like this in the future too.
>>Unfortunately, I was not able to look at the OTN forums for several weeks.
I understand.Just take your time andwhen ever you are having some time free,please reply.I am working on 11g at the moment.I got so late(2 years) with 10g to clear the exam.I am trying history wont repeat itself.But architecture of oracle and its core is “all time favorite” for me.I am having questions ready with me once you are back :-).
Regards
Aman….
Hi Christian,
welcome in the bloggers world! I’m happy about this and i hope to found here some interesting post.
Regards,
Cristian
Ciao Cristian
Ti ringrazio per il benvenuto!
Chris
Similarly I never meant to get into databases. The only class I needed for a
second degree in mathematics was set theory which I though sounded awful. Then my
first job interview was with a company doing market analysis and arbitrage where
I thought I’d get apply trending and pattern detection techniques to the markets
but alas they wanted me in their IT department working on their databases. I told
them I thought that was boring and promptly didn’t get the job. My next interview
was with Oracle and the rest has been history …
Congratulations on the book. I had no idea you were working on one, but promptly
ordered it today! Looking forward to reading it.
Best
Kyle