I was fortunate enough to do remote dba work for about 2 years, with the databases being located up and down the east coast....
Too bad that company had massive layoffs, and I was one of the casualties... -Joe --- Kimberly Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, my database will be in Oklahoma for the State of Kansas but > Plano, > Texas has the contract. Oh yeah, I am doing it from Vancouver, WA. > But I > still have to go to the office. > > -----Original Message----- > WILLIAMS > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:04 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Yeah, does anybody know what happened to the new Internet concept > of > "location doesn't matter"? I thought by now I could be sitting at > home > taking DBA assignments all over the country, if not over the world? > > Dennis Williams > DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:44 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > If you need a change of location, you can get one easier... > OK, now I understand what you meant. > > I can testify to the relocation potential because I recently > escaped the > Silicon Valley rat race to come up here to God's country. > Nevertheless, I > still fantasize about rendering remote DBA support via a laptop > with > multi-band satellite connectivity from a log cabin while snowed in > at 10,000 > feet. (Or while lounging in a hammock on some Carribean Ilse.) > While I > support servers 1000's of miles away, employers like to see you and > hear you > tapping on the keyboard. Working and living ANYWHERE is not so much > a > technical problem as it is an organizational, human relations > challenge. > Sigh... > > > Steve Orr > Still in Bozeman, MONTANA!!! > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 10:04 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Well, up until about a couple of years ago, that was very true from > what I > experienced... Now, perhaps it takes a bit more work, but there > seems to be > enough demand around for the time being..... Perhaps number 10 > should be > rather: > > 10. If you need a change of location, you can get one easier than > with other > jobs. > > RF > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP > Oracle DBA Technical Lead > CSX Midtier Database Administration > > The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's > conscience can > take his freedom away from him. > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 12:04 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: Freeman, Robert > > > > 10. So I can live where I choose. > Oh really? How do you manage that? > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:23 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Hey, I got five scampers running around right now.... youngest is 9 > and the > oldest is *gasp* 16.... > > 10 Reasons I became a DBA > > 1. So I don't have to mow my own lawn > 2. So I don't have to change my own oil. > 3. So I don't have to move my own furniture. > 4. So I can have 5 kids and a wife. > 5. So I can afford two NICE cars (well, mostly nice until the kids > get to > them). > 6. So I can eat out every day if I choose. > 7. One word, big screen TV (ok, three words). > 8. Because it's cool. > 9. Because I like getting paged at 3 in the morning to save > someone's butt > and have them owe me BIG. > 10. So I can live where I choose. > > RF > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Orr, Steve > 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). 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