not my personal favorite thing to be doing.. I like making the database
work from the model :)

And Dave Hay is not only a modelling expert, he's an excellent magician
and makes REALLY cool origami animals. I have several from him :)


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> Personally, I like Data Architecture.
> 
> And data modeling.  I never could get enough
> of that.  The hard part is explaining to people that
> don't quite understand the concept.
> 
> Dave Hay rules!
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0932633293
> 
> Being the sole DBA for the company, I don't get
> nearly enough opportunities for this anymore, and
> don't have the time for much of it anyway.
> 
> Jared
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  Please respond to ORACLE-L
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>         To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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>         cc: 
>         Subject:        Re:The future DBAs?
> 
> 
> Well, I give MicroSlop pretty poor grades for predicting the future
> and
> Monster.com is absolutely useless (naw make that less than) at job
> stuff 
> in
> general.  I will agree with the person who wrote the article on one
> point. 
>  The
> job of being a DBA is changing and we all need to remain flexible to 
> remain
> useful in the marketplace.  That in some cases means spreading our
> wings 
> from
> the historical role of DBA.  We may need to become part time (or full
> 
> time) data
> architects, reporting tool experts, etc...  But in the end, I don't
> see us
> degrading to the level of an order entry clerk nor order entry clerks
> 
> upgrading
> to DBA's.  As usual the MicroSlop propaganda machine is at work
> again. 
> 
> Dick Goulet
> 
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: "Arup Nanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:       11/25/2002 5:48 PM
> 
> Fellow DBAs and other DBA wannabes,
> 
> Ever wondered the best path into a DBA career? Microsoft offers a 
> brilliant 
> way. MSN Careers at
> http://editorial.careers.msn.com/articles/nofuture/ 
> suggests some jobs are effectively dead, like farmers and sewing
> machine 
> operators and how the experts in that field can progress to the next 
> logical 
> career move. Guess which profession's logical career move is database
> 
> administrator? See the excerpt from the webpage here in the
> attachment as 
> a 
> picture.
> 
> I just couldn't resist posting it here. May be they are referring to
> SQL 
> Server DBAs?
> 
> Arup Nanda
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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