My first exposure to a database was back in 2000.
Allprint was in the process of installing a workflow and database system when they hired me. It was my responsibility to migrate the data from 4 servers to a much larger one. Data input, administration training, and educating the work associates became my focus during the first few months. Over the years many expansions took place on this database. I became passionate about the data, how it was stored, how my work associates could access it.
I liked helping the associates I worked with, they would come to me if they needed help doing searches/queries. The database became an intricate part of my work life, I cared and nurtured it just like you would a child, often referring to it as my baby.
Ten years later here I sit in school learning the very thing I worked so intimately with day after day until the company closed. I had always wondered how the intricate workings of a database came to be. I knew there was a coding language involved. I had a chance once to see the "inside". It was a little scary but I was intrigued, wanting to know more!
Database design during the month of April was a refreshing change from the C# challenges. I understood the logic of database design. Found it to be less of a struggle in comprehending the syntax and code requirements. In the future I would like to continue creating, working and implementing databases.
They say be careful for what you wish for....
