Re: Critical DBA Skills

From: Stefan Knecht <knecht.stefan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:54:37 +0700
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Some good point there already Andrew.

One thing I'd add is a basic level of social skills (writing professional emails, attending or leading a technical phone call with a user or customer). This is more and more becoming an essential skill to have.

Stefan

On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> This could turn into a very interesting conversation. Jumping ahead to the
> next question, how would one ascertain if these skills have been achieved?
> For instance, let us say you are hiring a candidate DBA - do you have them
> perform all 11 (or whatever the current number is) tasks as part of the
> interview? Can they be credentialed? Certified?
>
> Or in other words, what is the point of calling these "critical"? (playing
> the Devil's advocate here *grin*)
>
> I know Dan Morgan at one point had a dream of applying strict standards to
> DBAs, not unlike other professions like doctors. I am sure others have had
> similar thoughts over the decades. Is there a need to standardize DBA
> skills? Is there a need to have a piece of paper that says you passed a
> test? What problem are we trying to solve?
>
> I appreciate that you opened the door. Let's see what's on the other side.
> :)
>
>
> PS - I would tie this into the OT discussion about digital or open badges,
> which some want to see replace resumes.
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Last night I put up a blog post at dbakerber.wordpress.com on 11
>> critical skills for the beginning DBA. I plan to follow up by covering each
>> skill in more detail. I would also be interested in comments from others on
>> this list on what they consider critical DBA skills. You are welcome to
>> comment on my blog, or respond (privately, unless others think this might
>> be a useful discussion on the list) to me with your thoughts.
>>
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>
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> Charles Schultz
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