Re: course for DBAs in bureaucracies?
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:51:22 -0600
Message-ID: <5422E87A.9030905_at_gmail.com>
If 'you own up to it' and the company does not accept that there is always a possibility of human failure, then that might not be the company to work for ...
If it's a common occurrence that 'you' make such mistakes, the that might not be the appropriate position to work in ...
Other way, it might be an opportunity to re-evaluate mobility options.
/Hans
On 23/09/2014 7:57 PM, Iggy Fernandez wrote:
> I must have sounded like a bureaucrat :-)
>
> OK, here's a hypothetical question. Unfortunately, you don't work for
> a nice employer. A layoff is coming and you know that management is
> looking for justifications to pick people. A database of one of your
> most important (and irritable) customers has been upgraded from 10g to
> 11g. Certain init parameters were supposed to be set (perhaps
> optimizer_features_enable or some such) but you forgot. Your excuse
> was that you worked the whole weekend and were extremely tired as a
> result and you forgot. There were tremendous performance problems for
> a week and you suddenly realized your mistake. What do you do? Be honest.
>
> (1) Admit the mistake to management
> (2) Fix the problem with "alter system" and hope that nobody finds out
>
> Iggy
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: iggy_fernandez_at_hotmail.com
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: RE: course for DBAs in bureaucracies?
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:56:25 -0700
>
> re: "I noticed that many people do their best at first, then reach the
> point where they realize they will burn out; to protect their health
> they stop caring and just put in their hours. There has to be a
> better way."
>
> Yes, there is. Understand the purpose of bureaucracy (e.g. change
> management) and embrace it. Plan ahead, submit your change requests in
> time, use detailed standard operating procedures, have great
> documentation, have great competency, improve communication skills,.
> gain credibility by following the process and having a good track
> record of successful changes, build strong personal relationships with
> other parts of the organization including change mangers. That's the
> only way and it is a better way.
>
> And never ever yank a power cord on purpose.
>
> Iggy
>
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