Rao , Thanks for taking time and the suggestion. But obviously both Randy and you misinterpretted what I was attempting to say....Perhaps mine was a wrong choice of words...SO let me explain....Jared sorry if I am gobbling bandwidth....cyber spank me if you want... I have been working an a DBA for almost 10 years now. So I have managed to cope with the task of many DBs and stuff. My Boss is completely aware of the pressures and short of staff etc..etc. Just the fact that even after complaining I managed to stay at the company should , I think , speak about my relationships with the Project managers and Developers(NOt duhvelepors..!) and to some extent my effieciency ( so to speak..!! ) . When I say 'whimsies' that doesn't mean valid requests. I attend to all the requests and finish them with average turnaround time of 3 to 4 hours Max.( Just to give an idea ) I work 10 to 12 hours a day not to consider the night time when I am paged and stuff ( for issues which I have no connection with but purely because I always answer the phone..:) ) I will give you an example of 'whimsies'..One duhveloper got really worked up because "even after 17 years of working with computers" I wouldn't give him sys password. Well....I don't know about you but I was too tired to smile and explain his notion is as absurd as a 3 headed goat. As you aptly put this is troubled time and no budget for more staff. And yes I know 'perhaps this is time to look for another one..' problem is there is none.....I thought that is the point of this whole thread. They ( Management )know that , I know that they know that and they know that I know that they know...( mmmmm....That is unneccessarily complex isn't..?! ).I can't do anything about it but to continue to do what I am doing and do it well....and bid my time. As a final note..I don't have anything against developers....heck ours(DBAs) and their relationship is like mutually-beneficial-parasitic relationship....we need them to some extent and they need us to some extent. Most of my very close friends here are developers. I am not trying to use the word 'developer' as a leper-bell. I am just too tired and can't seem to be having a break from some thing in application breaking and they calling me to 'FIX' it. If I came across strong I appologize. Thanks for letting me rant. Any comments , please contact me offline. My email id is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheers, RS --- "Rao, Maheswara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raj, > > One small suggestion: If maintaining many db's > leaves you with less time to > attend to the developer's questions or developers' > requirements, bring up > this case to your boss. Put it to him in such a way > that the company > requires another DBA. In that way, you would be > doing two services in this > troubled times. 1. You would be providing a job to > a guy. 2. You would be > left free to attend to your production tasks. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Sakthi , Raj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
