RE: DBA - Job boundaries & perks

Bill, at least you're still employed. I went after the startup dream and ended up with a pink slip when they folded up... Not a fun time.

--Scott Shafer
  San Antonio, TX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: WIlliam Thater [SMTP:thaterw_at_telergy.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 6:26 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: DBA - Job boundaries & perks
>
> "O'Neill, Sean" wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> i'm supposed to have a private life? damn, obody told me. why am i
> always the last one to know? as for my contract, i'm on call 24x7x365
> including holidays and vacations. i hope you don't work for a startup
> like me. i won't do it again, i was sold on the dream. i was stupid.
>
> and the only perks are that i get everybody else's cast of PCs and i get
> to do all my own tech support.
> --
> Bill Thater Sr. ORACLE DBA
> Telergy, Inc thaterw_at_telergy.net
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