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It is definately an HR thing. I went from being an PeopleSoft application developer to a Senior DBA overnight (DBA quit and I volunteered).
I knew diddly (sometimes still feel that way 5 yrs later) but because I was a senior developer they had to make me a senior DBA for HR seniority/compensation reasons. This happens all the time.
Titles don't mean a whole lot.
David Davis, Just a DBA
Manulife Financial
>From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: senior oracle dba
>Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 11:08:09 -0800
>
>Bp,
> Often where the term "Senior DBA" comes up is with company HR
>departments. It isn't usual for we DBAs to greet each other with "Hi, I'm a
>senior DBA". I agree with Mark's comments, but just wanted to point out
>this
>other aspect to the issue. Sometimes HR people use this as a method for
>categorizing people in terms of making sense out of salaries. HR criteria
>may have nothing to do with what you are thinking of. Personally I often
>can't understand HR criteria.
>
>Dennis Williams
>DBA, 40%OCP
>Lifetouch, Inc.
>dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:05 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Mark ,
>Thanks for the reply . I think learning is a never ending process ,
>specially in IT industry where new version of software is out before 30%
>adapts the previous version .But is there a line which can be drawn ? No
>one
>knows everything . But experience tells where to look for proper things and
>what plannings and cautions to be taken before adapting any change .
>
>-Bp
>
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>Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:39 PM
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>
> > Bp,
> >
> > All I know is that I'm not a senior DBA. I think you'll know if you
> > really are or not. Have you worked with clustered databases, different
> > types of partitioning, different os / io / backup architectures, rman,
> > fgac, capacity planning, tuning, etc? There's a million things you may
>or
> > may not have had exposure to, and while there isn't a magical number
>where
> > you qualify I think it's where you have experienced a lot.
> >
> > I've worked with people who have been working with Oracle for ~15 years
>and
> > their understanding of the product, and history of experiences, makes me
> > realise how "junior" I am.
> >
> > Are you asking because you are considering applying for a job or perhaps
> > looking for a change to your position description?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "BigP"
> > <big_planet_2000_at_ho To: Multiple
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> > 22/01/2003 10:05
> > Please respond to
> > ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > How does one qualify for senior oracel dba. Do you guys have any
> > questionare which I can ask myself .
> >
> > -Bp
> >
> >
> >
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