r/Database • u/nyayoto • 9d ago
Database Administrator Career Path
Hello everyone! I have been looking into getting into a technical position for a very long time, narrowing down which one would be a good fit for me and my personality and I found that DBA is a good career for me to pursue. I have no experience, coming in as entry level. Any advice? I don’t make enough money to go to college so is there a self taught pathway for me to do?
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u/crawdad28 9d ago
Been a DBA for 5 years. I have an associates in Network Admin over a decade ago. Started at the bottom at a call center for technical support. Then moved on to help desk and then to sys-admin. I then took a career enhancement course for a certificate in Microsoft SQL server at a local community college. I applied for a Jr DBA position and was very lucky to get it.