learning data warehousing

[bpatnam]

Hi,
I was a java programmer but now I would like to try jobs on data warehousing. If I will get a job is it easy for me? And I would like to know what kind of jobs available on data warehousing like frontend, backend. I bought a “the data warehouse lifecycle toolkit” by Ralf Kimball. Can you guys help me what else I have to learn?

Thanks in advance
Patnam

 

[johnherman]

The theory is nice, but there is almost no sustitute for direct experience, so I would try to hook on to a project. One good book "from the trenches" as far as managing and executing DW projects is the Adelman book "Impossible Data Warehousing Situations". Also, in addition to Kimball, many DW implementations follow another methodology originally created by Bill Inmon. A couple books on this methodology are "Building the Data Warehouse" 3rd edition, and "Corporate Information Factory". In addition to these two major methodologies, there are some hybrid solutions.

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