he knows more than he thinks he does....... he'd just be scared for a long
time
>From: mRT Bonner <ravendarke2000_at_yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: DBA - Job boundaries & perks
>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:58:09 -0800
>
>If you get hit by a truck, Rachel, the company might
>survive, but I doubt your junior DBA would.... :)
>
>--- Rachel Carmichael <carmichr_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Sean,
> >
> > Great question, especially since I was nagging, er,
> > lecturing, er,
> > discussing this same point with a friend just last
> > night (he knows who he
> > is)
> >
> > And the answer is, as with everything Oracle, "it
> > depends".
> >
> > Depends on:
> >
> > 1) your internal sense of responsibility
> > 2) your tolerance for guilt (internally or
> > externally generated)
> > 3) your belief that the company will fall apart if
> > you don't do everything
> > everyone asks immediately
> > 4) whether or not you are getting paid by the hour
> > 5) how sure you are of yourself and your ability to
> > get another job
> >
> > for me, I have an overdeveloped sense of
> > responsibility, a Jewish mother so
> > I guilt very easily. I know, as another friend has
> > told me,
> > that there is only one DBA job in the world and I
> > have it, and if I don't do
> > everything that everyone wants, they'll get rid of
> > me.
> >
> > Seriously.... you say "I'm going home". You remind
> > yourself that the world
> > will not end if something is done tomorrow, not
> > today. You get them to get
> > you other people so you can take turns being on
> > call.
> >
> > And you remember that if you should get hit by a
> > truck, the company will
> > survive.
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "O'Neill, Sean" <Sean.ONeill_at_organon.ie>
> > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > >Subject: DBA - Job boundaries & perks
> > >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 08:39:09 -0800
> > >
> > >How do you protect your "private life" time from
> > your role of DBA?. Do you
> > >have formalised detailed job contracts with your
> > employer covering such
> > >issues?. What perks/incentives do you receive for
> > going that bit extra or
> > >being on call "just in case". Do you get to take
> > your holidays or is that
> > >a
> > >ficticious clause in your job contract?. It seems
> > to be that DBA's are
> > >expected to "be there" whenever required, but heck
> > there is life outside
> > >Oracle DBAing (for some of us at least I hope!).
> > I'm not griping here, as
> > >I
> > >know there is usually satisifaction in resolving
> > problems and recovering
> > >the
> > >database if required yada yada yada.
> > >
> > >Sean :)
> > >
> > >Rookie Data Base Administrator
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> > >
> > >The only man who never makes a mistake is the man
> > who never does anything.
> > > - Theodore Roosevelt
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