Re: Should DBA have access to sar and top?

Joel Garry wrote:

> Sounds like that person had the people skills to do the job. :-)

Actually what they told me led me to believe that having their prime candidate turn them down caused them to rethink what they were doing. There aren't a lot of people that turn down jobs ... I do.

> But seriously, many large organizations are as Hans described, and
> taking a hard line up front simply isn't the correct approach.

If you are looking for a job I agree to a point. Unless you need that next paycheck to survive though ... why take on a job where the best you can hope for is mediocrity and frustration.

I am lucky to be in the position where I can live off what the university pays me. So additional projects are only accepted if I choose to accept them.

> jg

-- 
Daniel Morgan
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)