Re: Good DBA vs. Bad DBA

Why do you say that? Who put you up to it? You work for the government don't you! Come on...admit it! ;)

Fan Dink (not my real name)

Freeman, Robert wrote:

>I wonder, do DBA's tend to lean more toward being conspiracy
>theorists then???
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>RF
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>Dennis, I think you nailed it.
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>I was a skeptic before I was a DBA.
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>Jared
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>DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
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>05/08/2002 08:58 AM
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>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
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