to expanding my skill set. I passed two phone interviews with Amazon last year; in the end they hired someone much more senior. I’ve been doing this for a year now and I’m comfortable with the basics. I’m working on a hot-backup script which is good for understanding recovery better. Other subjects: SGA/memory structures, space management and performance tuning. I already have a good performance tuning book; at least one chapter a week should be do-able.l.