THIS! Especially if those positions are in house and you can network with some of the people who are in that role/division. You never know where the agency's needs are at, and you might be able to come up.
I want to work with Oracle. I met an Oracle guy at a agency-wide meeting ONCE in April 2015. Said hello, shook his hand, asked him a couple questions, told him I'm interested, and sent him an email as follow up... Never heard back. He randomly emailed me in January to ask if I was still interested. It turns out they can't get any qualified candidates for their mid-level Oracle DBA positions and, in management's desparation for qualified DBA's, they might be willing to overlook the experience requirements and let me "intern" as a DBA while I'm working as an analyst in a hybrid role.
Still have to talk it over with management (and I'm definitely not touching Oracle without a raise,) but ya boy might be a legit DBA soon
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