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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: DBA Job at a Chocolate Factory
Now how did I know you would say that? :) Sometimes we're crazy like a fox... mostly we're just crazy. :)
Steve
-----Original Message-----
Carmichael
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 11:38 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Steve,
I don't think you're crazy......
I know you are :)
Actually I would turn that job down, if only because it would make me crazy to be around the chocolate and know that eating it would make me unfit to work
Rachel
>From: "Steve Orr" <sorr_at_arzoo.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: DBA Job at a Chocolate Factory
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:06:54 -0800
>
>Seven years ago I was offered an Oracle DBA job at a chocolate factory and
>turned it down. (Please don't tell Rachel, she already thinks I'm crazy.) I
>had two simultaneous offers for the same salary and took the one closer to
>home. While on the interview they gave me the full tour of the factory
>starting with the bags of cocoa beans on the docks. The smell was
>intoxicating and even wafted into the office area where I would have
>worked.
>They had unlimited stashes of chocolate in every cubicle. I asked the
>employees if they ever got sick of chocolate and the answer was a
>resounding
>NO. Now my kids will never forgive me for not having taken the job at the
>chocolate factory.
>
>This begs the question... Where and what are some of the most interesting
>Oracle DBA jobs out there? I heard of one deep underground at a mining
>operation in the middle of the Nevada desert. Database is a basic
>technology
>that can be applied to just about any business anywhere. Any interesting
>stories? Personal experiences?
>
>
>Steve Orr
>
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>Author: Steve Orr
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: carmichr_at_hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Orr INET: sorr_at_arzoo.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Wed Mar 21 2001 - 14:48:50 CST
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