Message-Id: <10717.125166@fatcity.com> From: mRT Bonner Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:56:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: DBA - Job boundaries & perks If you get hit by a truck, Rachel, the company might survive, but I doubt your junior DBA would.... :) --- Rachel Carmichael wrote: > Sean, > > Great question, especially since I was nagging, er, > lecturing, er, > discussing this same point with a friend just last > night (he knows who he > is) > > And the answer is, as with everything Oracle, "it > depends". > > Depends on: > > 1) your internal sense of responsibility > 2) your tolerance for guilt (internally or > externally generated) > 3) your belief that the company will fall apart if > you don't do everything > everyone asks immediately > 4) whether or not you are getting paid by the hour > 5) how sure you are of yourself and your ability to > get another job > > for me, I have an overdeveloped sense of > responsibility, a Jewish mother so > I guilt very easily. I know, as another friend has > told me, > that there is only one DBA job in the world and I > have it, and if I don't do > everything that everyone wants, they'll get rid of > me. > > Seriously.... you say "I'm going home". You remind > yourself that the world > will not end if something is done tomorrow, not > today. You get them to get > you other people so you can take turns being on > call. > > And you remember that if you should get hit by a > truck, the company will > survive. > > > > >From: "O'Neill, Sean" > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >Subject: DBA - Job boundaries & perks > >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 08:39:09 -0800 > > > >How do you protect your "private life" time from > your role of DBA?. Do you > >have formalised detailed job contracts with your > employer covering such > >issues?. What perks/incentives do you receive for > going that bit extra or > >being on call "just in case". Do you get to take > your holidays or is that > >a > >ficticious clause in your job contract?. It seems > to be that DBA's are > >expected to "be there" whenever required, but heck > there is life outside > >Oracle DBAing (for some of us at least I hope!). > I'm not griping here, as > >I > >know there is usually satisifaction in resolving > problems and recovering > >the > >database if required yada yada yada. > > > >Sean :) > > > >Rookie Data Base Administrator > >[0%] OCP Oracle8 DBA > >[0%] OCP Oracle8i DBA > >[0%] OCP Oracle9i DBA > >-------------------------------- ------------ > >Organon (Ireland) Ltd. > >E-mail: sean.oneill@organon.ie [subscribed: > Digest Mode] > > > >Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/Oracle-OCP-DBA > > > >The only man who never makes a mistake is the man > who never does anything. > > - Theodore Roosevelt > > > >-- > >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > >-- > >Author: O'Neill, Sean > > INET: Sean.ONeill@organon.ie > > > >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: ListGuru@fatcity.com (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). You may > >also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Rachel Carmichael > INET: carmichr@hotmail.com > > 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: ListGuru@fatcity.com (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). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). __________________________________________________