not my personal favorite thing to be doing.. I like making the database
work from the model :)
And Dave Hay is not only a modelling expert, he's an excellent magician
and makes REALLY cool origami animals. I have several from him :)
- Jared.Still_at_radisys.com wrote:
> Personally, I like Data Architecture.
>
> And data modeling. I never could get enough
> of that. The hard part is explaining to people that
> don't quite understand the concept.
>
> Dave Hay rules!
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0932633293
>
> Being the sole DBA for the company, I don't get
> nearly enough opportunities for this anymore, and
> don't have the time for much of it anyway.
>
> Jared
>
>
>
>
>
> dgoulet_at_vicr.com
> Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
> 11/26/2002 10:04 AM
> Please respond to ORACLE-L
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> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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> cc:
> Subject: Re:The future DBAs?
>
>
> Well, I give MicroSlop pretty poor grades for predicting the future
> and
> Monster.com is absolutely useless (naw make that less than) at job
> stuff
> in
> general. I will agree with the person who wrote the article on one
> point.
> The
> job of being a DBA is changing and we all need to remain flexible to
> remain
> useful in the marketplace. That in some cases means spreading our
> wings
> from
> the historical role of DBA. We may need to become part time (or full
>
> time) data
> architects, reporting tool experts, etc... But in the end, I don't
> see us
> degrading to the level of an order entry clerk nor order entry clerks
>
> upgrading
> to DBA's. As usual the MicroSlop propaganda machine is at work
> again.
>
> Dick Goulet
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Author: "Arup Nanda" <arupnanda_at_hotmail.com>
> Date: 11/25/2002 5:48 PM
>
> Fellow DBAs and other DBA wannabes,
>
> Ever wondered the best path into a DBA career? Microsoft offers a
> brilliant
> way. MSN Careers at
> http://editorial.careers.msn.com/articles/nofuture/
> suggests some jobs are effectively dead, like farmers and sewing
> machine
> operators and how the experts in that field can progress to the next
> logical
> career move. Guess which profession's logical career move is database
>
> administrator? See the excerpt from the webpage here in the
> attachment as
> a
> picture.
>
> I just couldn't resist posting it here. May be they are referring to
> SQL
> Server DBAs?
>
> Arup Nanda
>
>
>
>
>
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