• Where should you start? Generally either on the sysadmin side or the developer side. DBAs aren't usually hired with no experience at all, it's a big risk handing over the company's data to someone straight out of school. Junior sysadmin jobs are easier, though probably not as easy as junior, entry level developer jobs.

    It's easier to join a company as say a database developer and move across to the DBA side than it is to be hired straight as a DBA with 0 experience.

    http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/04/how-to-get-a-junior-dba-job-part-1/

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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