You guys are rookies. The Gods all use Linux. --Walt
-----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:17 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Better run like WIND!! All Real DBA's use HP. Dick Goulet ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 5/31/2002 11:01 AM AIX? Come on all really senior DBAs work on SUN (ducking and running broken field pattern :) ) --- "Freeman, Robert " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few thoughts... > > Jr. DBA: Asks the Mid or Sr. DBA where to look. > Mid DBA: Kind of knows where the answer is, but takes a bit to find > it. > Sr. DBA: Answer is dog eared in one or more of his office full of > books. > Really Sr. DBA: Answer is dog eared in his own book or paper. > > Jr. DBA: Feels a lot of fear with every change of the database he has > to > make. > Mid DBA: Looks forward to the experience of making the changes. > Sr. DBA: Suggests improvements when reviewing changes, helps > implement those > improvements and > then monitors the Mid. DBA as he/she makes the change. > Really Sr. DBA: Is busy installing the latest version of Oracle on > AIX, and > updating the current Oracle > standards manual for the department, when the change is requested. > Opens > another window, quickly realizes that the change will end up causing > all > sorts of data inconsistencies, > redesigns the entire change while at the same time flipping out CD 3 > of 5 of > Oracle9iR2 for AIX, Implements > the redesigned change after the developer reviews and approves. Then > flips > in CD 4 of 5. > > Jr. DBA: Checks with the Mid-tier DBA before making a change to make > sure > it's ok. > Mid DBA: Checks with the Sr. DBA before making a change to make sure > it's > ok. > Sr. DBA: Comfortable with making the change in his own right, but for > more > complicated changes > or new architectural implementations, checks with the Sr. DBA to make > sure > it is ok. > Really Sr. DBA: Talks with anyone who will listen and wonders why he > is > considered the grand-pobah > DBA because he really doesn't feel like one. > > Jr. DBA: 3 Books on his desk. > Mid DBA: 7 Books on his desk. > Sr. DBA: 10-20 books on his desk. > Really Sr. DBA: You can't find because he is buried under the books > on his > desk OR he is writing > his latest book. > > Jr. DBA: 2 weeks vacation, all taken. > Mid DBA: 3 weeks vacation, 1 week taken and occasional Fridays. All > made up > by long weekend and holiday changes. > Sr. DBA: 4 Weeks vacation, 1 week taken with pager going off three > times, > occasional Friday off too. All made up for by long weekend and > holiday > changes. > Really Sr. DBA: 6 weeks vacation, none taken in 6 years (and of > course the > company doesn't accrue vacation time) and all those long weekend and > holiday > changes. Pager of cell phone always going off. > > > > > > > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP > Oracle DBA Technical Lead > CSX Midtier Database Administration > Author: Oracle9i New Features > Mastering Oracle8i > > Clark Griswold <http://us.imdb.com/Name?Chase,+Chevy> : Eddie, has > anyone ever told you that you're bad luck? > Cousin Eddie <http://us.imdb.com/Name?Quaid,+Randy> : Those were my > mother's dying words. But I guess if your body's covered in third > degree > burns, and your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start > talkin' > crazy. > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Freeman, Robert > 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). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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