>Attends sessions at IOUG >Junior - Assumes that all speakers know exactly what they are talking >about and all vendor tools work as advertised. >Mid - Listens to and believes Tim, Cary, Craig, Rich, Rachel, Gaja and
>all other High Holy Oracle Gurus preach >Senior - Listens to, questions and tests (on non production systems) >what Tim, Cary, Craig, Rich, Rachel, Gaja and all other High Holy Oracle >Gurus preach I appreciate the compliment but I'm NOT in their league! I guess I'm Senior -- I know what I don't know! --- "Fink, Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree, the Jr. DBA must focus on learning. > Mid DBA...is still learning. Many Mid still view > tuning/troubleshooting as > an art (with a little magic thrown in) > Sr. DBA...is still learning. Realizes that database management is a > science, > requiring research, expirementation and a very healthy dose of > skepticism. > > The best Sr. DBAs that I know are the first ones to say 'I don't > know'. That > is the only true path to learning. No one can know everything. Often > times > the Jr. DBA will be a great source of knowledge since they don't know > what > NOT to ask. > > Reaction to reading Books/Documentation > Junior - I did not know that > Mid - I know that > Senior - Perhaps...let's prove it > > When a developer/user asks for a change to the database > Junior - I'll look it up and change it > Mid - I have a script to do that, I'll let you know when I am done > Senior - Why are you needing this change? Did you realize that x will > cause > y? Let's figure out the best way to accomplish the result. > > When faced with an undocumented condition/unknown error > Junior - Log a TAR, get frustrated with 'We need a trace file. We > need more > information. <We have no clue...>'. Calls more senior help. > Mid - Remembers a passage in a book, tries out the command. Fixes the > symptom. > Senior - Knows that x can cause y, if z is present. Tracks condition > from > symptom through to actual problem. > > Attends sessions at IOUG > Junior - Assumes that all speakers know exactly what they are talking > about > and all vendor tools work as advertised. > Mid - Listens to and believes Tim, Cary, Craig, Rich, Rachel, Gaja > and all > other High Holy Oracle Gurus preach > Senior - Listens to, questions and tests (on non production systems) > what > Tim, Cary, Craig, Rich, Rachel, Gaja and all other High Holy Oracle > Gurus > preach > > Knowledge level > Junior - Has no clue what they know and don't know > Mid - Knows what they know > Senior - Knows what they don't know > > Every Senior DBA is a mix of Jr. and Mid. They may know a great deal > about > one subsystem of Oracle, but lack knowledge in another area. > > > Daniel W. Fink > Sr. Oracle DBA > MICROMEDEX > 303.486.6456 > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 2:43 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Junior DBA's job is a learning. > Mid DBA's job is a science. > Sr. DBA's job is the Art. > > Srs feel database, users, developers and everything else. > They feel what, where, how, when and why should by done. > Their intuition is of high degree. > ... and everybody is sure - the Sr DBA knows everything. (so one of > the > priority of Sr DBA is to make this impression) > > -- > Alexandre > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Alexandre Gorbatchev > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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). 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