Re: SLightly off topic: Poem of the Oracle DBA interviewee

A good one!! just off the track..

Cheers
Nilesh

On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 12:40 AM, <Joel.Patterson_at_crowley.com> wrote:

> I forgot to include my smiley face.
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> Then again you don't get the interview without the resume… and we know how
> that goes. But being an 'expert' is such a broad and ambiguous term it
> defies reality. Anyone can claim to be and expert, but an expert has to
> qualify the term because a DBA is extremely broad. Because you know
> something well as an interviewer does not mean they are not an expert in
> areas you did not question.
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> I probably can work my ass off for the next 15 years and still couldn't be
> an 'expert'…. Except for areas of specialization. The job takes me in
> directions that normally defy the interview questions. Heck, I'm exploring
> Spatial data just to see if I should recommend it or not. I've never used
> it yet, (well actually I installed it 15 years ago)… And considering all
> the apps available from BI to Data Warehousing, I know it in my case quite
> apparent that 'expert' is a very loose term indeed. (400 apps?) Well at
> least that many default passwords…. Oh did I say security expert J A
> field unto itself.
>
>
>
> Joel Patterson
> Database Administrator
> joel.patterson_at_crowley.com
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> *From:* Joe Cooper [mailto:aregularjoe8_at_yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 15, 2008 2:47 PM
> *To:* Patterson, Joel; robertgfreeman_at_yahoo.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> *Subject:* Re: SLightly off topic: Poem of the Oracle DBA interviewee
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> Perhaps we've earned the right to be cynical. I'm sure I'm not the only
> list'er who has spent a few too many late nights over a 20-year career
> cleaning up after messes made by self-proclaimed experts very similar to the
> fictional job candidate in the poem. (Fortunately I can dodge the blame, as
> I eschew any position with hiring authority.)
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> Then again, maybe I was just born cynical. ;-)
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> Joe Cooper
>
> Senior Oracle DBA
>
> Department of Veterans Affairs
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> Austin, TX
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> aregularjoe8_at_yahoo.com
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "Joel.Patterson_at_crowley.com" <Joel.Patterson_at_crowley.com>
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> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 8:09:10 AM
> Subject: RE: SLightly off topic: Poem of the Oracle DBA interviewee
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> Are we cynical?
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>
> Joel Patterson
> Database Administrator
> joel.patterson_at_crowley.com
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Robert Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:57 PM
> To: Oracle-L Freelists
> Subject: SLightly off topic: Poem of the Oracle DBA interviewee
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> The poem of the Oracle DBA Interviewee....
>
> Hello sir, how do you do?
> I'm an Oracle expert,
> Let me interview with you!
>
> Twenty years experience here.
> Oracle is the one,
> that my experience is near.
>
> Yes I'm an expert,
> don't you see.
> nobody can know databases,
> better than me!
>
> What is the SGA you inquired.
> his stumbling on the question,
> leaves you not terribly inspired.
>
> PGA? What is that you say?
> I do not know,
> mediocrity is really my way..
>
> But I'm an expert,
> don't you see.
> nobody can know databases,
> better than me!
>
> Explain plan? Oh my!
> I think you fix,
> your SQL will fly.
>
> Hints, I'm really not so sure,
> I think they are going away,
> besides, they make SQL un-pure.
>
> But I'm an expert,
> don't you see.
> nobody can know databases,
> better than me!
>
> Normalized design, I've read it seems.
> when you have done so,
> the database always screams.
>
> What about backups you say?
> I Put the tapes in,
> I take them out - all day.
>
> But I'm an expert,
> don't you see.
> nobody can know databases,
> better than me!
>
> Have a slow database today?
> Hardware is cheaper than tuning,
> thats what I always say!
>
> Metalink? I'm too good to go that way.
> Tom Kyte, Jonathan Lewis
> who in tarnation are they?
>
> Sadly, I look at the DBA, man,
> so sad he is...
> As I commit his resume to the can.
>
> and in the distance I hear the words...
>
>
> But I'm an expert,
> don't you see.
> nobody can know databases,
> better than me!
>
> Robert G. Freeman
> Author:
> Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press)
> Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press)
> Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press)
> Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press)
> Oracle9i New Feature
> Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com (Oracle Press)
> The LDS Church is looking for DBA's. You must be LDS to apply (please
> don't write to me and tell me I'm breaking the law. A church can choose
> to hire members of it's own faith. Look it up if you don't believe me).
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