RE: Where is DBA position in your organization?

Hi Walt,

it looks like Jethro had a big experience of driving of school buses in the past. :-)

Ed

>
>
> Lucky boy. We would love to report to IS. Unfortunately, we
> report to the
> Vice President of Customer Services.
>
> Scenario (happens every day, really!):
>
> Phone rings: "Hello, this is Walt".
>
> "Hey, Walt, this is Jethro". (name changed to protect the guilty).
>
> "Hey, Jethro, what's up?".
>
> "Well, we just got an irate call from the White House. They
> say their web
> site is slow. I called development and they say their code
> is optimized to
> the nth degree and it must be a problem on the SA/Oracle side".
>
> "Well, Jethro, I take issue with that. We just tkprof'd the
> hell out of the
> whole app, and it's currently redefining the meaning of
> 'cartesion join'.
> Not a whole lot we can do on our end".
>
> "Walt, I don't care what you think. Users are pissed off and
> the whole
> Development Department are up in the Beartooths hunting this
> weekend. Fix it
> or start driving school buses".
>
> "Can't, Jethro. I'm hunting this weekend too."
>
> "Bullshit, Walt. My 11-year-old daughter told me that your
> 11-year-old-daughter said that you're flying her to Helena
> to visit some
> friends. No excuse. Fix, it, or Monday morning you'll be
> driving the school
> bus that picks up my daughter, Jermaine".
>
> Phone goes dead. I spend the rest of my day cursing middle
> management.
>
> But, I'm getting DAMN good at tuning SQL statements. :>)
>
> And, sometimes living in a small town ain't all that great. :>)
>
> --Walt Weaver
> Bozeman, Montana, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Sent: 11/25/2000 7:50 AM
>
> In our group we are the SA's. We have a small shop and the
> DBA's/SA's
> report to the Director of IS Operations. We also support the
> development
> teams and do some design work. Our primary responsibility is to keep
> the
> production systems up, available, and tuned. So, when
> conflicts between
> prod vs dev come up the production is primary.
>
> Rodd Holman
> Enterprise Data Systems Engineer
> LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation
> rodney.holman_at_lodgenet.com
> Comments made are my own opinions and views. They do not represent
> views,
> policies, or procedures of LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation
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