Re: Critical DBA Skills
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:27:42 -0400
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#1 Soft skill by far in my experience is Aptitude to learn technology and motivation to do so.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Herald ten Dam < Herald.ten.Dam_at_superconsult.nl> wrote:
> Good point but sof skills are maybe also important. The most important
> skill I encounter in my 20 years of Oracle DBO/DBA is the stress factor. If
> a DBA cannot cope with stress, I think he can quit the job, it will be a
> nightmare. I coached guys who wanted to become DBA, but if they already
> were stressed about the educaction or the complexity of a database, I gave
> the advice to search for another job to them, although some people managed
> your list of skills.
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> So it is a nice list, but a technical one. So maybe another soft skills
> list next to it?
>
> Herald ten Dam
> Superconsult
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> Stefan Knecht [knecht.stefan_at_gmail.com]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 15 september 2015 15:54
> Aan: Charles Schultz
> CC: Andrew Kerber; ORACLE-L
> Onderwerp: Re: Critical DBA Skills
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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
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> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte_at_gmail.com
> <mailto: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.
> :)
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> 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
> <mailto:andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> Last night I put up a blog post at dbakerber.wordpress.com<
> http://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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