Now I understand their use, I shall immediately go out and hire an art history major as the deparmental sacrifical lamb (and dartboard while we are at it)
I'm still a hands-on DBA, although I have some paperwork responsibilities as well. Not management, other than my own work :) Rachel --- Mladen Gogala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 01/07/2004 10:19:25 AM, Rachel Carmichael wrote: > > > Oh yeah -- how does having a college degree in art history make a > > person a better DBA? how does my degree, which is in computer > science > > but which is 28 years old, have anything to do with current > programming > > and database work? > > Believe it or not, a college degree in art history really does help > in two ways. > First, people exposed to sufficient quantity of art tend to be nobler > and more > spiritual, according to the popular beliefs, then cynical > mathematicians and > computer geeks like me. Being noble and spiritual means that they > don't fight > back but do as they're told which makes them into good corporate > drones. Art > history is like an army boot camp for wannabe geeks. Their appearance > also tends > to be much more pleasant and polished then an appearance of a hard > core computer > geek. > Second, art history majors make perfect sacrificial lambs. An art > history major in > IT department can be blamed for anything from bad weather, corrupt > backup tape to > stupid application design. My understanding is that you've moved to > the management, > which is the move that I admire and respect. As a manager, you should > know the value > of a sacrificial lamb that can be blamed for anything. If you want to > make the next > step in your career, the step from management to damagement, you'll > have to learn > how to play the blame shifting game. Art history majors are priceless > for that. > -- > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mladen Gogala > 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). __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- 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).
