RE: senior oracle dba

2003-01-23 Thread david davis
DBA = Damn Bad Attitude or as my management feel, "cranky, moody, difficult & cynical" - typical DBA. From: "Hately, Mike (NESL-IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: seni

RE: senior oracle dba

2003-01-23 Thread david davis
/compensation reasons. This happens all the time. Titles don't mean a whole lot. David Davis, Just a DBA Manulife Financial From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: senior oracle dba

Re: senior oracle dba

2003-01-23 Thread Peter Barnett
Hard to answer this. I am a 'lead' DBA for my current employer but I do not lead anything. I was a Senior DBA for a consulting firm. That was mostly to bill me out at higher rates. For two different employers I was a plain, unadorned DBA. I was completely in charge of everything related to bit

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2003-01-23 Thread Spears, Brian
Title: RE: senior oracle dba Actually we need a cot,  2 females... one popping grapes into mouth and the other waving palm leaf for cool air...   HOLD the flames...Im kidding..   bs -Original Message-From: Jamadagni, Rajendra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, January 23

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2003-01-23 Thread Ron Rogers
Pat, We do, AARP, O'l HIP, AAA, and some times AA. Ron >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/23/03 12:09PM >>> It just occurred to me that maybe senior DBAs should get discount cards for shopping, etc. : ) Pat. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Boivin, Patrice J

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2003-01-23 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: senior oracle dba would you like reserved parking with that?? Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni      MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of

RE: senior oracle dba

2003-01-23 Thread Hately, Mike (NESL-IT)
"Senior" isn't an absolute term. A senior DBA in a small development house could be the guy who knows how to add a tablespace. A senior DBA in a large company may have to combine a good level of technical ability with a good deal of management and business skills. The term also seems to be used to

RE: senior oracle dba

2003-01-23 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
-The Senior DBA position, is more of a management-type role. More Damagement!! Dave -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:14 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Very good point. I know where I work, HR classifies DBA as an analyst for pay reasons. The Senior

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2003-01-23 Thread Dwayne Cox
Very good point. I know where I work, HR classifies DBA as an analyst for pay reasons. The Senior DBA position, is more of a management-type role. More money, more management responsibilities but less actual DBA work. -D- -- Dwayne Cox Oracle Database Administrator Info Tech, Inc. 5700 SW

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2003-01-22 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
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 cate

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2003-01-22 Thread BigP
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 an

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2003-01-22 Thread Rachel Carmichael
oh goodie, then I'm a senior DBA :) I never did partitioning before this current job. Based on a prior answer to this question, that would have disqualified me It's not so much what you have done, as how you think about things. I've worked with junior DBAs who have a tendency to jump in without

RE: senior oracle dba

2003-01-22 Thread Stephane Faroult
> >MessageHow does one qualify for senior oracel dba. >Do you guys have any questionare which I can ask >myself . > >-Bp o Do you have more senior moments than junior DBAs ? o Do you remember the time when you could read the Oracle manuals on the train o Do you always try to shutdown/startup you

Re: senior oracle dba

2003-01-21 Thread Mark Richard
Bp, 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 no