Re: Is Sr. DBAs afraid of not be able to pass cert exam ??

Amen.

Daniel Morgan

Bass Chorng wrote:

> "Daniel A. Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
>
> >
> > And I strongly disagree with your statement "Anyone with half a brain can learn
> > everything they need to know about Oracle in a single job in less than a year".
> > I doubt there is a single senior Oracle developer or DBA that feels they learned
> > everything they needed in three years. In fact the longer I work in Oracle the
> > more I realize I don't know.
> >
>
> This is very true. People who think they know everything are usually
> beginers. In my 3rd year of DBA life, I thought I was very good.
> This is probably because I have absorbed so much in such a short
> time and I thought thats all the knowledge you need to be a good
> DBA. So I started talking and acting like a very senior DBA.
>
> But after 4 years, I realized how much I did not know, including
> some basic stuff. Now after 8 years, not only that I found more
> I do not know, I also found what I thought I have known for years
> were wrong. And I have found in many cases people at guru level are
> wrong with something I have known for years. And thru my career,
> I have also found time and time again, those who "talks" like
> guru are usually adlolesent DBAs only.
>
> For those arrogant "full brain" DBAs out there, believe me, you
> still have a long way to crawl.
Received on Thu Jan 31 2002 - 04:59:42 CST