RE: Good DBA vs. Bad DBA

I am an avid Dilbert reader and a great fan of both Scott and Douglas Adams (question of life, universe and everything, remember?) but I do not necessarily agree with management bashing. My boss happens to be a very nice guy and he was a consultant for Oracle Corp. He can be reasoned with, he's not always right and he understands that if I am to read books in the evening, he has to tolerate my extended beauty sleep from time to time. Not that it helps with the aesthetic side but I feel much better. He's a sort of male Rachel, I believe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:58 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Good DBA vs. Bad DBA
>
>
> Mladen - What hasn't Dilbert had to say about managers? Read
> his books if
> you need more. Along this topic, someone provided the answer
> to "why do
> technical people like Dilbert's opinions so much?". Their
> response was that
> because we are hired because we are intelligent and educated
> (well I'm still
> fooling them), we are hard to manage. We tend not to blindly
> trust authority
> figures, but to be a little skeptical. In fact, sometimes I
> think a DBA is a
> professional skeptic.
> Dennis Williams
> DBA
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 6:09 PM
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>
> I'm interested in any good comments that Dilbert has had
> about managers.
> I happen to like my manager (and no, he's not on this list).
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Freeman, Robert [mailto:Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:08 PM
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> > Subject: RE: Good DBA vs. Bad DBA
> >
> >
> > I usually leave good manager/bad manager comments to Dilbert...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > [mailto:Rachel_Carmichael_at_Sonymusic.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:38 PM
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > HEY! I resent that..... ask the last person who worked for
> > me, I think I was
> > a
> > pretty good manager!
> >
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> > BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca wrote:
> >
> > > Dare I ask... do you have a Good Manager vs. Bad Manager list?
> >
> >
> > you mean there is such a thing as a good manager? why don't
> > people tell
> > me these things?;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA
> > bthater2_at_netscape.net
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------
> > You gotta program like you don't need the money,
> > You gotta compile like you'll never get hurt,
> > You gotta run like there's nobody watching,
> > It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work.
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------
> > Never violate the Prime Directory! C:\
> >
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