Four Options For Oracle DBA Tuning Training

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Four Options For Oracle DBA Tuning Training

Oracle DBAs are constantly solving problems... mysteries. That requires a constant knowledge increase. I received more personal emails from my Oracle DBA Training Options Are Changing posting than ever before. Many of these were from frustrated, angry, and "stuck" DBAs. But in some way, almost all asked the question, "What should I do?"

In response to the "What should I do?" question, I came up with four types of Oracle DBA performance tuning training that are available today. Here they are:

Instructor Led Training (ILT) 

Instructor Led Training (ILT) is the best because you have a personal connection with the teacher. I can't speak for other companies, but I strive to connect with every student and every student knows they can personally email or call me...even years after the training. In fact, I practically beg them to do what we do in class on their production systems and send me the results so I can continue helping them. To me being a great teacher is more than being a great communicator. It's about connection. ILT makes connecting with students easy.

Content Aggregators

Content Aggregators are the folks who pull together free content from various sources, organize and display it. Oh yeah... and they profit from it. Sometimes the content value is high, sometimes not. I tend to think of content aggregators like patent trolls, yet many times they can be a great resource. The problem is you're not dealing with the creator of the content. However, the creator of the content actually knows the subject matter. You can somtimes contact them...as I encourage my students and readers to do.

Content Creators

Content Creators are the folks who create content based on their experiences. We receive that content through their blogs, videos, conference presentations and sometimes through their training. I am a content creator but with an original, almost child-like curiosity, performance research twist. Content creators rarely directly profit from their posted content, but somehow try to transform it into a revenue stream. I can personally attest, it can be a risky financial strategy...but it's personally very rewarding. Since I love do research, it's easy and enjoyable to post my findings so others may benefit.

Online Training (OLT)

Online Training (OLT) is something I have put off for years. The online Oracle training I have seen is mostly complete and total crap. The content is usually technically low and mechanical. The production quality is something a six year old can do on their PC. The teaching quality is ridiculous and the experience puts you to sleep. I do not ever want to be associated with that kind of crowd.

I was determined to do something different. It had to be the highest quality. I have invested thousands of dollars in time, labor, and equipment to make online video training

Craig teaching in an OraPub Online Institute Seminar

work. Based on the encouraging feedback I receive it's working!

This totally caught me by surprise. I have discovered that I can do things through special effects and a highly organized delivery that is impossible to do in a classroom. (Just watch my seminar introductions on YouTube and you'll quickly see what I mean.) This makes the content rich and highly compressed. One hour of OraPub Online Institute training is easily equivalent to two to four hours of classroom training. Easily. I have also strive to keep the price super low, the production at a professional level and ensure the video can be streamed anywhere in the world and on any device. Online training is an option, but you have to search for it.

Summary

So there you have it. Because of economics and the devaluation of DBAs as human beings coupled with new technologies, the Oracle DBA still has at least four main sources of training and knowledge expansion. Don't give up learning!

Some of you reading may be surprised that I'm writing about this topic because it will hurt my traditional instructor led training (public or on-site) classes. I don't think so. If people can attend my classes in person, they will. Otherwise, I hope they will register for an OraPub Online Institute seminar. Or, at least subscribe to my blog (see upper left of page).

All the best in your quest to do great work,

Craig.