Is it compulsory to work as a developer before one becomes a DBA?

Hi folks,
Here I need some advice...
I've recently earned OCP(DBA) certification and wanna work as an oracle DBA but a general problem...there are no fresher jobs for DBAs. Several people say, it is worth to work as an Oracle application developer initially and later you may get a chance to work as a DBA.
my question is-
Is it compulsory to work as a developer before one can work as a DBA??? What if one has no interest (or he is not good) in programming but he can do well as a DBA??
I guess developer and DBA activities are purely different...
Somewhere I read that a DBA works hand in hand with System administrator. Is it true?....if it is, wouldn't it be better to work as a system admin first and jump into DBA later if someone don't want to get into programming. (I know shell scripting is there but it is just a set of UNIX commands, i guess)
...and overall, is there NO work in Oracle field for someone who doesn't have any knowledge of programming???
Your answers will help me choose the best option for me so please don't ignore this thread...i posted a similar one few days back but it died.
Thanks and Regards:
Mukesh

Hi,
see if you don't like programming don't do it. If I were you, I would look for opportunities to work as a novice DBA even for free if it's necesary. (If you are on your own, then this way is not working. I know a women, who worked full time as a kitchenhand on weekdays and did some IT work on weekends. After one year she was offered a full time IT job.)
Look, it's one thing that you have an OCP title, but without any experience it doesn't mean much. If I were the CEO of a particular company and we would be looking for Oracle DBAs (even beginners) I would choose those persons who have some working experience and know English, regardless of titles.
I have many colleagues with 5-10 years experience in Oracle and only a few have OCP titles. The others simply don't need it, why would they? Sometimes they teach the OCPs... Please don't misunderstand me, I don't degrade the value of this title or persons having this, I just want you to understand, that the only one thing that I would know of you at first glance that you have brain - you made all the exams for OCP - but nothing more. I wouldn't be able to see you problem solving skill and there is no time for testing the knowledge of the people nowadays.
This is sad, but this is the reality. I hope that you will succeed.
All the best,
Franky

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