Hi

I am a Post Graduate in Computers. I have been working with a large oraganisation as a oracle programmer. 1 year back I changed job to software company which was in Network Systems and E - Commerce and I was to work as a DBA for both.

Currently after dotcom bubble burst we are just working in Network Management Systems (software) . Here I found a very limited scope for DBA Activities. Meanwhile I found DBA activities very interesting and also did course from Oracle in India. However I have a very limited experience as a DBA and especilly in the areas of Backup and Tuning. I got good exp. in SQL / PLSQL , Users Mgmt. Space Mgmt. , Session Mgmt. and creation and configuration of database and My concepts of DBA are also good. I have good practise of DBA scripts on my Desktop on 8i. But not on live database.

My question is can I get a break even as trainee DBA anywhere ?
I have overall 2 years of experience and also preparing for OCP. What are my prospects in the DBA field ?
Which kind of company I should join now ?
Should I join any mfg. concern where large db is there ?

Amol