"Paul" <paul_at_not.a.chance.ie> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a48630d1775272a98983f_at_news1.eircom.net...
> I also find the idea of a hermetic seal between developers and DBA's who
> are supposed to be working for the same company on the same product a
> bit difficult - maybe I'm better suited to smaller shops where I can be
> both simultaneously, or at least where there is an overlap of roles, and
> one side understands (or at least tries to) the other!
I think you are exactly correct here, though DBAs and Developers do tend to
have somewhat different mindsets. I speculate that this comes from the
pressure on developers to deliver 'solutions' extremely rapidly and to tight
budgets whilst preferably using new technologies so as not to be obsolete.
DBAs tend to be under pressure to provide available, secure, highly
performing data stores.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Tue Dec 16 2003 - 02:56:29 CST
