HBS 14/12

14/12 is a very meaningful day to me~
nt only because tat day is my important 20th birthday,
I also  having my  harvard report discussion..
my group do many prepareration for this harvard discussion..
the night before the discussion,
we do a small discussion at KTR hall..
first time i felt the power of TEAMWORK~
on the day of presentation,
i m so nervous to speak english in front of so many ppl~~
i pretend i was nt scare and nervous..
the title given is about 
"how the new entry company threat to the established symbian company~"
n i m talking about the RIMM which is mostly used by blackberry~
RIMM achieve a combination of voice capabilities with a 'push' email function~
'push' email is the phone will give alert to user when an email is sent to user's mailbox~
this is a very convinient function especially to those who are using email for business purpose~
i try my best to  present my idea and opinion to lecturer~
i m glad tat he can understand wat i try to present.. :)

group survey~

according to the question given by our lecturer,
we designed a survey for faculty science computer student to investigate how well they know about database..
the link below is the survey tat we designed..
"databest" group survey

Career in database

Job Responsibilities

• Database Administrators--Work with business areas to set up and maintain their databases. They are concerned with database objects like tables, indexes, tablespaces, stored procedures, etc.
• Database Systems Administrators-- Responsible for supporting the database system itself. These individuals are concerned with the actual code that runs the database and how that integrates with the platforms on which it runs and the applications trying to access data from a database.
• Database Designers--Help business areas design their databases. They determine which tables are needed and how those tables should relate to one another

How to Become a Database Administrator

• To become a database administrator (DBA), a four year degree in database administration, information technology, or Applied Computer Science is preferred. If interested in this field, take as many database courses that the school you attend offers. There are also database-specific certifications that one can obtain (IBM, Oracle, SQL Server) that help better prepare you for this exciting field. Internships are also valuable in helping you land a job in database administration.
  Entry-level positions in database administration are harder to come by than jobs calling for more experienced database administrators. Therefore, don't be afraid to take a different job in IT initially.  Many database administrators start out as programmers, analysts, or other IT professionals before moving into the database administration field.
  As for interview preparation for a job in database administration, most interviews for entry level positions aren't too technical. They are oftentimes focused more on “soft skills” such as your conflict resolution experience, times you exhibited leadership skills, and communication skills. But, it's important to be prepared for technical questions to be asked as well. A prospective DBA should be able to talk about relational databases, SQL, and some data modeling concepts.

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database analyst

Job Description:

• analyzes, researches, queries, reviews data with the goal of finding useful information, insight, trends
• importing, cleaning, transforming, validating or modeling data with the purpose of understanding or making conclusions from the data for decision making purposes.
• presenting data in charts, graphs, tables, designing and developing relational databases for collecting data and in some organizations it also includes building or designing data input or data collection screens.
• write Data Definition Language or Data Manipulation Language SQL commands, be responsible for improving data quality and for designing or presenting conclusions gained from analyzing data using statistical tools like Microsoft Excel, SAS, SPSS and others.

Working Hours:

• Database analysts usually work a 40-hour week. 
• Overtime is often part of the job as deadlines and user requirements must be met. 

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very interesting video~

learning with fun~