It is definately an HR thing. I went from being an PeopleSoft application developer to a Senior DBA overnight (DBA quit and I volunteered).
I knew diddly (sometimes still feel that way 5 yrs later) but because I was a senior developer they had to make me a senior DBA for HR seniority/compensation reasons. This happens all the time.
Titles don't mean a whole lot.
David Davis, Just a DBA
Manulife Financial
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Bp,
Often where the term "Senior DBA" comes up is with company HR
departments. It isn't usual for we DBAs to greet each other with "Hi, I'm a
senior DBA". I agree with Mark's comments, but just wanted to point out this
other aspect to the issue. Sometimes HR people use this as a method for
categorizing people in terms of making sense out of salaries. HR criteria
may have nothing to do with what you are thinking of. Personally I often
can't understand HR criteria.
Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
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Mark ,
Thanks for the reply . I think learning is a never ending process ,
specially in IT industry where new version of software is out before 30%
adapts the previous version .But is there a line which can be drawn ? No one
knows everything . But experience tells where to look for proper things and
what plannings and cautions to be taken before adapting any change .
-Bp
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> Bp,
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> All I know is that I'm not a senior DBA. I think you'll know if you
> really are or not. Have you worked with clustered databases, different
> types of partitioning, different os / io / backup architectures, rman,
> fgac, capacity planning, tuning, etc? There's a million things you may or
> may not have had exposure to, and while there isn't a magical number where
> you qualify I think it's where you have experienced a lot.
>
> I've worked with people who have been working with Oracle for ~15 years
and
> their understanding of the product, and history of experiences, makes me
> realise how "junior" I am.
>
> Are you asking because you are considering applying for a job or perhaps
> looking for a change to your position description?
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> How does one qualify for senior oracel dba. Do you guys have any
> questionare which I can ask myself .
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> -Bp
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