RE: METALINK and OWS

Now STOP THAT! I am not all that senior, except perhaps in age. I've only been doing this about 10 years.

As for remembering syntax.... it changes from version to version, right? So I look it up... besides, if I have now shoved in the information from the data internals class, I had to shove OUT something... syntax goes, I know where to find it...

My point was that people are telling me that they are junior and mid-level DBAs when they can't answer simple questions (like.... if a query is going to return 30% of the rows in a table, how would you tune it? [Answer I got: hint it to use an index. EHHHHH! Next contestant please!])

And I have learned, if the letters OCP are at the very top of the resume.... they usually don't know what they are doing.

Rachel
>
> > ...clarify on this 'what is a junior Dba ,senior DBA'
>
>It's very subjective... compared to Rachel most of us are juniors :-)
>

>Oh, Hi Rachel... On a similar note, I hate it when my "junior" recalls
>exact
>syntax while I'm still looking it up in the manual. :-( Oh, but being a
>senior means you're looking it up just to make sure nothing's changed
>between versions. Being the senior means you probably remember the syntax
>but you take extra precautions based on your vast experience. Being the
>senior means you understand the mechanics of the Oracle engine and don't
>have time to be bothered with small things like remembering exact syntax.
>Being the senior means you're preoccupied with larger issues like the
>business needs, the architecture, Oracle futures, EOUG, etc. Yeah, that's
>the ticket. Being the senior has nothing to do with Alzheimer's.
>
>
>Steve Orr
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> > Can some one please clarify on this 'what is a junior Dba ,senior DBA' ,
>I
> > mean
> > in what way does their job profile,job responsibility differ!
>
>Good idea. My guess is that generally "junior" means "getting
>started", and "senior" means "has more knowledge and experience".
>"junior" also implies "needs supervision", and "senior" implies
>"works independently to resolve issues most/all of the time".
>
>However, Rachel's main point appears to be that there are a lot of
>people "adjusting the factual information" (lying) on their resumes
>and *claiming* to be junior dbas when they submit dba jobs
>applications who don't actually meet the educational and functional
>requirements of *being* a junior dba.
>
>regards,
>ep
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