From sorr@arzoo.com Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:31:52 -0800 From: "Steve Orr" Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:31:52 -0800 Subject: RE: DBA Job at a Chocolate Factory Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain > DBA who was in for 10 years for 3 counts of assault and battery... He must have been working with a lot of duhvelopers. ;-) -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I had a short gig setting up a database in Tallahassee State prison. They had the prisoners entering data for underground utility lines. I had to train the DBA who was in for 10 years for 3 counts of assault and battery. That was like being on another, very bad, planet. If anyone has any intrest in commiting crimes (unless you're a certain recent former President then you can do whatever you want without fear of justice) I urge you to tour such a facility. You'll never have an intrest in commiting crime again. -Rocky --- Steve Orr wrote: > Seven years ago I was offered an Oracle DBA job at a chocolate factory > and > turned it down. (Please don't tell Rachel, she already thinks I'm > crazy.) I > had two simultaneous offers for the same salary and took the one closer > to > home. While on the interview they gave me the full tour of the factory > starting with the bags of cocoa beans on the docks. The smell was > intoxicating and even wafted into the office area where I would have > worked. > They had unlimited stashes of chocolate in every cubicle. I asked the > employees if they ever got sick of chocolate and the answer was a > resounding > NO. Now my kids will never forgive me for not having taken the job at > the > chocolate factory. > > This begs the question... Where and what are some of the most > interesting > Oracle DBA jobs out there? I heard of one deep underground at a mining > operation in the middle of the Nevada desert. Database is a basic > technology > that can be applied to just about any business anywhere. Any interesting > stories? Personal experiences? > > > Steve Orr -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Orr INET: sorr@arzoo.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).