But, but... you da man, Lisa.
I just button down everything. The only people in the universe that know the
db passwords are me and my 11-year-old daughter, because my company is too
damn cheap to hire a backup for me. I told my daughter that if I die, log in
and delete every database in sight. Bend over, fart, nice to know ya.
Button down everything and just sit tight.
The duhvelopers will come to you on bended knees.
If your company is like the several I have worked for, your CTO, CIO, VP,
Middle Manager, and Janitor (they're all the same) don't have a clue what
you're doing. They're too damn busy trying to save their own jobs.
You have much political leverage. Use it.
Damn, I wish I was still working at my old job. When I was an air traffic
controller, it was so simple. I fucked up, someone died (never happened).
Being a DBA, it doesn't matter how well you do your job. People still use
you as the whipping boy.
Once again, you're at the strong end of the lever. Figure out how to use it.
--Walt Weaver
Bozeman, Montana, USA
>From: "Koivu, Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Pondering Question of the Day-RESPECT
>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 07:20:24 -0800
>
>"Hello Oracle Guru"
>
>Now why is it that I get more respect on the Internet than I do in my
>workplace. ??
>
>How many of you have this problem? It's like an ongoing fight with
>developers, they want carte blanche in the production database, and
they do
>whatever they want EVEN THOUGH I tell them NO, let's do something
different
>that won't affect production. I go to the CTO because this is like the
3rd
>time this has happened, and he sends out a
>let's-be-sure-not-to-offend-anyone email. But the developer(s) will go
>ahead and do what they want ANYWAY. I'm waiting for the first
user-mistake
>recovery to say STOP, I've had ENOUGH and this is how it's going to be,
no
>ifs, ands or buts.
>
>My last job may have been a sweatshop, but at least people respected my
>authority. Here, it's a free for all no matter what I do. Even when I
>say,
>Dude, I own the database. If there's a problem, I have to fix it.
>Therefore I say what happens in production and what doesn' t happen in
>production.
>
>And yes, I am looking for another position. I can only take this
>dba/developer/janitor role for so long.
>
>I'M SO GLAD IT'S FRIDAY... Bring on the Captain Morgan! It's noon
>somewhere...
>
>Lisa Rutland Koivu
>Oracle Database Administrator
>Qode.com
>4850 North State Road 7
>Suite G104
>Fort Lauderdale, FL 33319
>
>V: 954.484.3191, x174
>F: 954.484.2933
>C: 954.658.5849
>http://www.qode.com
>
>"The information contained herein does not express the opinion or
position
>of Qode.com and cannot be attributed to or made binding upon Qode.com."
>
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