since one of your developers worked for me for over a year (as a DBA!) I can vouch for the fact that at least one of them knows the database, and is a top-notch programmer :)
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > David forgot to mention a couple of things about working for AISD: > - We don't wear neckties (well, David does sometimes). > - We get 23 paid Holidays (how does 2 weeks off for Christmas and a > week > off for Spring Break sound?). > - We have an unlimited site license for Oracle EE. I slap databases > out > there as needed without a second thought. > - Before he became MIS Director, David was an Oracle DBA and a UNIX > Sys > Admin before that, so he really understands the technology and the > challenges. > - Did I mention that we don't wear neckties? > > AISD's infrastructure is truly awesome. The fiber WAN allows our > widely-scattered users to connect dependably to our databases and me > to > push tons of data around quickly and reliably. All the UNIX and > other > servers (not to mention our Users' PCs) are either brand new or about > 3 > years or less old. The oldest Oracle databases we have are 8.1.7.0.0 > and > we've already started upgrading to 9.2.0.4.0. We'll be moving our > only > Win2k database to HP-UX in the next few months. All the other DBs > are > already on either HP-UX or Linux. > > We've got a couple of less-than-perfect 3rd Party COTS applications > for > Financials and Student Information, but we're rapidly applying Oracle > > features to improve them and add functionality their producers never > even > thought of, as well as providing Web-enabled access to our thousands > of > AISD users and the Community at large. Our Developers have hardly a > Duh(veloper) among them and their supervisor is top-notch, too. An > all-round great bunch of folks to work with District-wide. > > I've been with AISD for 15 months - my first Public Sector gig ever - > and > I'm loving it. Also, with the Economy the way it is (and will be for > a > while to come), this Public Sector organization is very competitive > in > salary and benefits with the Private Sector. I know, I shopped > around and > got other offers before coming here. > > Oh, and Austin being the "Live Music Capital of the World" doesn't > hurt, > either. And I certainly don't want to forget the part about not > having to > wear a necktie! > > Jack C. Applewhite > Database Administrator > Austin Independent School District > Austin, Texas > 512.414.9715 (wk) > 512.935.5929 (pager, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 09/23/2003 03:39 PM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: DBA needed in Austin, TX > > > With permission from Jared: > > 'Needed' is kind of strong. We've got a position open, but we're not > real > needy folks. We're a school district. The 37th (depending on the > day of > the week) largest in the United States. If we were a business, it'd > be > pretty good-sized. Our annual operating budget is 730 million > dollars > plus > (of which MIS gets a really small, tiny, little itty bit), we have > 15,000 > employees, 130 branch offices, our own police force and post office. > We > fix 150,000 meals a day and need to collect cash or validate for > every > person through the cafeterias. We're moving from a mainframe > environment > to client-server computing with an Oracle back-end running on HPUX > and > Linux for both our student data and ERP systems. It's a pretty > dynamic > shop. We've got 40 or so people (depending on the day of the week) > split > into three areas, business systems, student systems and programming. > We > don't do the network piece, but that's solid - switched gigabit > ethernet > running on over 300 miles of fiber with 100MB to the desktop. > > I don't hire or set salaries. HR does that. I only recommend. The > salary > for this position will be somewhere between $60K and $80K depending > on > experience (and whatever bizarre decisions are reached by the > compensation > analyst). > > You've got to be REAL strong in backup and recovery. And curious. > We're > planning to go where no school district (or very few) has gone > before. > Your assistance will be vital in making the investment Austin has > made in > technology pay off. > > If you've got any questions, please send me an email. If you'd like > to > apply, you can do so on-line at > > http://www.austin.isd.tenet.edu/about/hr/search/index.phtml > > Under 'classified' positions, see if you can find the DBA position. > If it > isn't there (depending on the day of the week), and you can't > possibly > wait, apply for either the Programmer/Analyst or UNIX Admin position. > It > should be there sometime after 4pm CDT, or maybe tomorrow, or maybe > not. > [We don't do the Internet piece - yet]. > > > David A. Barbour > Director, Management Information Services > AISD > > -- > Author: > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
