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Attn: Uficle, re: career upgrade | by TheCatMan | 2007-08-08 05:49:27 |
| hmmm |
by SQLRat |
2007-08-08 06:52:21 |
In biochemistry (as with many other hard sciences) the effective data collection, validation, classification, and organization, as well as quantitative data analysis skills are nearly always inherent to being successful.
That being said... and this is a somewhat biased opinion.
I suggest you leverege your biochemistry background with a database design and development background.
I have a feeling that once you learn how to design and develop databases you will find that there is a fairly high demand for DBAs and database developers out there, especially in the biotech industry. I am certain you have the correct data analysis and statistical analysis skills, but you just need to know how database systems can augment those skills.
BTW... many certified DBAs make good cha-ching!!
If you are interested, look for a good course on database design. A course that is not specific to a vendor is usually better IMHO. There are several DBMS platforms out there (MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, etc) but they all utilize SQL and all "effective" databases implemented in those DBMSs follow certain design guidelines(normalization and modeling techniques). If you learn good database design and SQL well you will not have any problem becoming certified in any vendor specific DBMS platform down the road.
Here is an example of a possible database design course:
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There are probably several other course offerings out there that would suffice, but I just wanted to show you one of them.
Hope this helps. :-)
Good luck on your endeavors. |
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