Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8PFqZl05455 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:52:35 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.210 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-210.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.210]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8PFqTc05441 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:52:30 -0500 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8PDA0G6018819 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 06:13:48 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.5/Submit) id h8PD5Obt017041 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 06:05:24 -0700 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005D10BF; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 06:04:54 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 06:04:54 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Mladen Gogala" Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Mladen Gogala" Subject: RE: DBA needed in Austin, TX Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0019_01C38343.FBC030F0" ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C38343.FBC030F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I really like that "no DBA left behind" program of yours, but TX is too h= ot for me. I know it's a dry heat but nevertheless, I do prefer colder climate. You can keep the Dixie Chic= ks. =20 =20 -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA=20 -----Original Message----- JApplewhite@austin.isd.tenet.edu Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L David forgot to mention a couple of things about working for AISD:=20 - We don't wear neckties (well, David does sometimes).=20 - We get 23 paid Holidays (how does 2 weeks off for Christmas and a week = off for Spring Break sound?).=20 - We have an unlimited site license for Oracle EE. I slap databases out there as needed without a second thought.=20 - 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.=20 - Did I mention that we don't wear neckties?=20 AISD's infrastructure is truly awesome. The fiber WAN allows our widely-scattered users to connect dependably to our databases and me to p= ush tons of data around quickly and reliably. All the UNIX and other server= s (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.=20 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 A= ISD users and the Community at large. Our Developers have hardly a Duh(velop= er) among them and their supervisor is top-notch, too. An all-round great bu= nch of folks to work with District-wide.=20 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 an= d got other offers before coming here.=20 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 t= o wear a necktie! Jack C. Applewhite Database Administrator Austin Independent School District Austin, Texas 512.414.9715 (wk) 512.935.5929 (pager, 5129355929@page.metrocall.com) JApplewhite@austin.isd.tenet.edu =09DBarbour@austin.isd.tenet.edu=20 Sent by: ml-errors@fatcity.com=20 09/23/2003 03:39 PM=20 Please respond to ORACLE-L=20 =20 =20 =20 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L =20 =20 cc: =20 =20 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 rea= l 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 pl= us (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 sala= ry for this position will be somewhere between $60K and $80K depending on experience (and whatever bizarre decisions are reached by the compensatio= n 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 i= t 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 --=20 Author:=20 =20INET: DBarbour@austin.isd.tenet.edu Note: This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confiden= tial, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality = or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive th= is message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it fr= om your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You= =20must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or= =20copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. W= ang Trading LLC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to mon= itor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, e= xcept where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to = state them to be the views of any such entity. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C38343.FBC030F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
I=20 really like that "no DBA left behind" program of yours, but TX is too hot= =20for=20 me. I know it's a dry heat
but=20 nevertheless, I do prefer colder climate. You can keep the Dixie=20 Chicks.
 
 
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Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
=20
=20
-----Original Message-----
From:=20 =20 ml-errors@fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors@fatcity.com] On Behalf Of = =20 JApplewhite@austin.isd.tenet.edu
Sent: Wednesday, Septe= mber 24,=20 =20 2003 11:25 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list=20 =20 ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: DBA needed in Austin,=20 =20 TX


David for= got to=20 =20 mention a couple of things about working for AISD:
- We don't wear neckties (well, David does= =20 =20 sometimes).
- We get 23 p= aid Holidays=20 =20 (how does 2 weeks off for Christmas and a week off for Spring Break=20 =20 sound?).
- We have an unl= imited site=20 =20 license for Oracle EE.  I slap databases out there as needed wit= hout a=20 =20 second thought.
- Before = he became MIS=20 =20 Director, David was an Oracle DBA and a UNIX Sys Admin before that, s= o he=20 =20 really understands the technology and the challenges.
- Did I mention that we don't wear necktie= s?=20 =20

AISD's infrastructure is tru= ly awesome.=20 =20  The fiber WAN allows our widely-scattered users to connect depe= ndably to=20 =20 our databases and me to push tons of data around quickly and reliably= .=20 =20  All the UNIX  and other servers (not to mention our Users'= =20PCs) are=20 =20 either brand new or about 3 years or less old.  The oldest Oracl= e=20 =20 databases we have are 8.1.7.0.0 and we've already started upgrading t= o=20 =20 9.2.0.4.0.  We'll be moving our only Win2k database to HP-UX in = the next=20 =20 few months.  All the other DBs are already on either HP-UX or=20 =20 Linux.

We've got a co= uple of=20 =20 less-than-perfect 3rd Party COTS applications for Financials and Stud= ent=20 =20 Information, but we're rapidly applying Oracle features to improve th= em and=20 =20 add functionality their producers never even thought of, as well as p= roviding=20 =20 Web-enabled access to our thousands of AISD users and the Community a= t large.=20 =20  Our Developers have hardly a Duh(veloper) among them and their = =20 supervisor is top-notch, too.  An all-round great bunch of folks= =20to work=20 =20 with District-wide.

I= 've been with=20 =20 AISD for 15 months - my first Public Sector gig ever - and I'm loving= =20it.=20 =20  Also, with the Economy the way it is (and will be for a while t= o come),=20 =20 this Public Sector organization is very competitive in salary and ben= efits=20 =20 with the Private Sector.  I know, I shopped around and got other= =20offers=20 =20 before coming here.

O= h, and Austin=20 =20 being the "Live Music Capital of the World" doesn't hurt, either. &nb= sp;And I=20 =20 certainly don't want to forget the part about not having to wear a=20 =20 necktie!

Jack C. Applewhite
Database Administrator
Austi= n=20 =20 Independent School District
Austin, Texas
512.414.9715=20 =20 (wk)
512.935.5929 (pager,=20 =20 5129355929@page.metrocall.com)
JApplewhite@austin.isd.tenet.edu


=20 =20 =20 =20
=20 DBarbour@austin.isd.tenet.edu
Sent by: ml-errors@fatcity.com=20 =20

09/23/2003 03:39 PM =
Please respond to ORACLE-L

=20 		       
        To: &nbs= p;  =20 =20    Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L=20 =20 <ORACLE-L@fatcity.com>
        cc:      =20 =20  
   = ;  =20 =20   Subject:        DBA needed in Austin= ,=20 =20 TX



With=20 =20 permission from Jared:

'Needed' is kind of strong.  We've= =20got a=20 =20 position open, but we're not real
needy folks.  We're a schoo= l=20 =20 district.  The 37th (depending on the day of
the week) larges= t in the=20 =20 United States.  If we were a business, it'd be
pretty good-si= zed.=20 =20  Our annual operating budget is 730 million dollars plus
(of = which MIS=20 =20 gets a really small, tiny, little itty bit), we have 15,000
employ= ees, 130=20 =20 branch offices, our own police force and post office.  We
fix= =20150,000=20 =20 meals a day and need to collect cash or validate for every
person = through=20 =20 the cafeterias.  We're moving from a mainframe environment
to= =20 =20 client-server computing with an Oracle back-end running on HPUX andLinux=20 =20 for both our student data and ERP systems. It's a pretty dynamic
s= hop.=20 =20  We've got 40 or so people (depending on the day of the week)=20 =20 split
into three areas, business systems, student systems and prog= ramming.=20 =20  We
don't do the network piece, but that's solid - switched g= igabit=20 =20 ethernet
running on over 300 miles of fiber with 100MB to the=20 =20 desktop.

I don't hire or set salaries.  HR does that. &nb= sp;I only=20 =20 recommend.  The salary
for this position will be somewhere be= tween=20 =20 $60K and $80K depending on
experience (and whatever bizarre decisi= ons are=20 =20 reached by the compensation
analyst).

You've got to be REAL= =20strong=20 =20 in backup and recovery.  And curious.  We're
planning to= =20go where=20 =20 no school district (or very few) has gone before.
Your assistance = will be=20 =20 vital in making the investment Austin has made in
technology pay=20 =20 off.

If you've got any questions, please send me an email. &nb= sp;If=20 =20 you'd like to
apply, you can do so on-line=20 =20 at

http://www.austin.isd.tenet.edu/about/hr/search/index.phtml=

Under=20 =20 'classified' positions, see if you can find the DBA position.  I= f=20 =20 it
isn't there (depending on the day of the week), and you can't=20 =20 possibly
wait, apply for either the Programmer/Analyst or UNIX Adm= in=20 =20 position.  It
should be there sometime after 4pm CDT, or mayb= e=20 =20 tomorrow, or maybe not.
[We don't do the Internet piece -=20 =20 yet].


David A. Barbour
Director, Management Information= =20 =20 Services
AISD

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Author:
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