Re: Can DBA Jobs be Outsourced ???

"Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-down_with_spammers_at_no_spam.comcast.net> wrote in message news:Q7ZZa.123978$o%2.54500_at_sccrnsc02...

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> This is the big problem. (one the bean counters cannot understand) Often in
> software development the specification et al is not complete or it assumes a
> certain level of "domain knowldege". In these code shops they do not
> (usually) have domain knowledge and thus they "code to the specification".

Yeah, but don't expect your bean counter to be phased by this. It's nothing that can't be hidden behind a little bit of ctreative accounting. Particularly if the exercise includes a little kickback to said bean counter...

> before it was fashionable to do so. He spent huge amounts of time writing
> specifications that had to contain basic domain knowledge. The result was
> the process was a lot slower and more expensive.

The whole thing is so gigantically moronic it's not even worth discussing, IMHO.

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