RE: Training a DBA

At 01:25 PM 4/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Kimberly, when your guy goes bald, gains 35 lbs. and starts suffering from
>heart problems,
>you'll know that he has learned the forbidden art of being an Oracle DBA.
>When he starts
>smoking, he's ready for a promotion. By the way, why do good DBAs live only
>around 45 years

OH NO, i'm dead, well at least i should be :-)...

>on average (some are rumored to have lived the whole 55 years!!!)?
>
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>Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 1:45 PM
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>
>We have a new database cluster here that we are testing and are getting
>ready to move into production. At the same time I am training a new DBA.
>The lead Sys. Admin. figures I should have to pay to come to work because I
>am enjoying my job to much. Every now and then I will remove a datafile, or
>drop a tablespace, and walk over to the other DBA's desk and hand him the
>Oracle Press Backup and Recover book. Then I point out how many millions of
>dollars the fab is losing while he is recovering. I periodically update him
>with that figure. I love my job.
>
>________________________________
>Kimberly Smith
>Database Administrator
>EDS - Fujitsu/GMD
>Phone: (503) 669-6050
>Fax : (503) 669-5705
>Email : kimberly.smith_at_gmd.fujitsu.com
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