I would.. but that can't go in a book from Oracle Press as they are
associated with Oracle :)
- "Orr, Steve" <sorr_at_rightnow.com> wrote:
> You need to add one more line...
>
> Senior DBAs run through buildings
> Eat the bullets
> Throw the locomotive at the users
> Are Oracle Gods (or Goddesses)!
> ... and know they are not Larry Ellison.
>
>
>
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>
> okay, the definitive answer, from the soon to be released Oracle9i
> DBA
> 101, Theriault, Carmichael and Viscusi:
>
> "This bit of humor was circulating around electronic mail a while
> ago.
> We don't know who wrote it, but it's a fun twist on an old joke:
> CIOs leap tall buildings in a single bound
> Are faster than a speeding bullet (rats, missed him again)
> Are more powerful than a locomotive
> Talk to God
>
> Sr. Managers leap short buildings with a running start
> Are faster than a BB gun
> Are more powerful than a streetcar
> Ask God questions
>
> Midlevel DBAs can clear a single-story house most of the time
> Can outrun the arrows that users shoot at them, with a head start
> Get run over by bicycles
> Beg God not to notice them
>
> Junior DBAs trip over the stoop
> Wonder why there are holes in their body
> Say ?Look at the choo-choo?
> Make God mad by asking, ?What happens if I turn off the server??
>
> Senior DBAs run through buildings
> Eat the bullets
> Throw the locomotive at the users
> Are Oracle Gods (or Goddesses)!"
>
> --- "Orr, Steve" <sorr_at_rightnow.com> wrote:
> > <Speedy Gonzalez accent>
> > Senior DBA... isn't that someone from Spain?
> > </Speedy Gonzalez accent>
> >
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> >
> >
> > by your definition I would say no one is a senior dba...
> >
> > there is too much in Oracle for one person to know it all, so every
> > DBA, no matter how experienced, is going to ask for help if they
> are
> > facing something new. I wouldn't say asking for help means you
> aren't
> > senior.
> >
> > I consider people like Cary, Gaja, Tim, Steve, etc etc (all the Oak
> > Table members) as well as a large number of people on this list as
> > senior. Yet I also see them asking questions on occasion. One
> > doesn't
> > wipe out the other
> >
> > Senior DBA to me is a DBA who can not just research the docs and
> > websites but who is able to THINK. This means putting together
> varied
> > and assorted pieces of seemingly unrelated information to solve a
> > problem. The ability to see a larger picture and to understand it.
> >
> > Rachel
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