Re: Realistic administration duties

What is a "detailed summary"? <g>

Nuno Souto wrote in message <398e9320.1688074_at_news-server>...
>On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 16:34:54 GMT, argosy22_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
>>
>>I was hired six months ago as an Oracle DBA. They
>>then said, oh, you get to do the Unix admin too.
>
>Yikes! Sucked in...
>
>>
>>We have a very complex and unstable application
>>on the web. What I actually spend most of my
>>time doing is administering this awful application.
>>There are 14 different pieces of software involved
>>in this one app! They have plans to make it
>>even more complex!
>>
>>As a result, the real DBA, and Unix admin duties,
>>such as backups (!!!!) are not being tended to,
>>or even looked at properly.
>>
>
>Sounds like you need a DETAILED summary of where you are spending your
>time. Then pass it on WEEKLY to the boss. That way you're covered
>when the proverbial hits the fan (and it will, seen it happen again
>and again!).
>
>Otherwise, at the first DBA problem you haven't covered, I'll bet you
>the app people will blame you for everything they should have done and
>what you should have done but didn't have time to.
>
>
>>in paper writing!) Senior developers, operations, or
>>managers administered the application.
>
>And so they should! Sounds like in your site someone is resting
>instead of working. Let me guess: the person that should be the app
>"manager" is related or a good friend of the IT boss?
>
>>
>>However, all this has been thrown at me. I don't have time
>>to read and research properly all the issues that I need
>>to deal with. (Thanks to all of you for answering
>>my postings.) It really burns me out.
>>
>
>And when they find out you're burned out, they'll toss you out for the
>first "ex-uni smart-ass" sucker they can find. Typical. Be assured:
>there is no "golden Rolex" at the end of this attitude. About time
>this sort of crap stopped!
>
>Fill in your resume and look for something else, that is the sort of
>job you do NOT want to keep. Trust me, been there done that many
>times, for too long. NOT ONE of your senior management mob will thank
>you for all the effort you're putting in! Quite the opposite: they'll
>blame you for all the problems.
>
>
>>
>>- do you know in depth all the other development tools,
>>Java, ColdFusion, Perl, HTML, the awful workflow system that
>>you bought, etc.?
>
>Javascript (rusty), Perl, ksh, html, C, UNIX, comms, etc.etc. But I
>don't want to be a jack-of-all-trades. It's more so that I can
>understand what's going on than to be all things at the same time.
>Helps also when you have to deal with a smart-ass UNIX SA who thinks
>he/she can snow-job you...
>
>HTH
>
>PS: Did I sound overly pessimistic? Good! Take action NOW. You'll
>thank me later...
>
>Cheers
>Nuno Souto
>nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
>http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html
Received on Mon Aug 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT