Hi Steve,
I once got to work on an oil rig in the middle of Bass Strait.
The pay was based on how dangerous your work was, rather than the skill
required.
It is not often that being a DBA puts you at the bottom of the pay
scale!
@ Regards,
@ Steve Adams
@ http://www.ixora.com.au/
@ http://www.christianity.net.au/
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Seven years ago I was offered an Oracle DBA job at a chocolate factory
and
turned it down. (Please don't tell Rachel, she already thinks I'm
crazy.) I
had two simultaneous offers for the same salary and took the one closer
to
home. While on the interview they gave me the full tour of the factory
starting with the bags of cocoa beans on the docks. The smell was
intoxicating and even wafted into the office area where I would have
worked.
They had unlimited stashes of chocolate in every cubicle. I asked the
employees if they ever got sick of chocolate and the answer was a
resounding
NO. Now my kids will never forgive me for not having taken the job at
the
chocolate factory.
This begs the question... Where and what are some of the most
interesting
Oracle DBA jobs out there? I heard of one deep underground at a mining
operation in the middle of the Nevada desert. Database is a basic
technology
that can be applied to just about any business anywhere. Any interesting
stories? Personal experiences?
Steve Orr
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