Re: Your frank opinion

Bob, quit the whining ;)

SC

> I regularly work more than 40 hours, although I try to keep it between 40
> and 50. Sometimes 60, but not often. And I don't have much time to do all
> the things that I would like to do. Like reading this list (I usually scan
> for things that catch my interest), tuning, clean-up, playing with new
> stuff, etc. I think a lot of the extra time is because of our environmnet.
> There are only 2 DBAs here, myself and another, and we have a ton of
> databases. There are about 33 databases that are used for development and
> QA. Of these, 6 are peoplesoft DBs and the rest are split between
> production copies and DBs for our new web site. A bunch of the new DBs also
> have multiple schemas, i.e. our development Broadvision DB has 14 full
> schemas. Full meaning that each is a complete Broadvision copy - all 227
> tables and associated application pieces. Production, right now, only
> consists of 4 databases, so there is much more work going on in the
> development area than in the production area.
>
> We also just did a Peoplesoft upgrade from 7.51 to 7.58 which included
> upgrading Oracle from 7.3.4 to 8.0.6. Luckily, we hired a consultant to do
> the upgrade for us. We did the Oracle work and he did the actual Peoplesoft
> work.
>
> Anyone else out there have an environment like this? How do you keep up
> with the work?
>
> Bob VanderMey
> Oracle DBA
> OrderZone.com, Inc.
> 847 573-2687
> bvandermey_at_orderzone.com
> 565 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 250
> Vernon Hills, IL 60061
> http://www.orderzone.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:37 PM
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>
> How many of the DBAs out there frankly work more than
> 40 Hrs a week on an average ? I have seen DBAs,
> specifically contrators (I'm one myself) put in 10 or
> 12 Hrs a day on the paper. In reality, it's the 10-12
> Hrs they sit at work, either showing everyone how busy
> they are or creating work out of nowhere so that they
> could stay longer at work (and get the extra bucks).
> We've all had our chances working 24-36 Hrs on stretch
> in crisis situations, but in general, how much
> significant work does a DBA have. Most of the time I
> find it difficult to fill even the 40 Hrs in the
> timesheet. My favorite activity !! Browse this list.
>
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