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Re: Pondering Question of the Day-RESPECT

From: Mike Lanteigne <mikel_at_shec.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 07:49:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002A9F5C.20010203073530@fatcity.com>

Walt,

Thanks for giving me a chuckle on a Saturday morning at work

Mike

> But, but... you da man, Lisa.
>
> I just button down everything. The only people in the universe that know
the
> db passwords are me and my 11-year-old daughter, because my company is too
> damn cheap to hire a backup for me. I told my daughter that if I die, log
in
> and delete every database in sight. Bend over, fart, nice to know ya.
>
> Button down everything and just sit tight.
>
> The duhvelopers will come to you on bended knees.
>
> If your company is like the several I have worked for, your CTO, CIO, VP,
> Middle Manager, and Janitor (they're all the same) don't have a clue what
> you're doing. They're too damn busy trying to save their own jobs.
>
> You have much political leverage. Use it.
>
> Damn, I wish I was still working at my old job. When I was an air traffic
> controller, it was so simple. I fucked up, someone died (never happened).
> Being a DBA, it doesn't matter how well you do your job. People still use
> you as the whipping boy.
>
> Once again, you're at the strong end of the lever. Figure out how to use
it.
>
> --Walt Weaver
> Bozeman, Montana, USA
>

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