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Re: Are Oracle DBAs trivialized?

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:55:05 GMT
Message-ID: <t5x6e.953$t85.893@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>


Tim X wrote:

> domenicg_at_hotmail.com (Domenic) writes:
>
>

>>I'd like everyone's thoughts on this ...
>>
>>More and more I am finding that the role of the Oracle DBA is not
>>taken as seriously as it once was.
>>

[...]
> Unfortunately, the style of management around these days is all about
> short-term benefits and getting projects 'over the line'. Very little
> is put into good solid long term solutions. I believe its because most
> managers I've come across had no other real skill other than
> 'managing' and really only wanted to climb the career ladder. For
> them, any solution which lasts more than 5 years is a waste as they
> will be long gone onto that next promotion - they want quick short
> term success at a low cost so that it looks like they have done their
> job better and can get that promotion and fatter pay packet
> sooner. therefore, they pay cheap inexperienced developers to get the
> job done quick and dirty and don't want irritating DBAs getting in the
> way.

[...]
>
> Tim
>

You beat me to the punch, being the first respondent in this thread to identify poor management as the underlying cause of the problem, instead of just relating the symptoms (isn't that what good DBA's are supposed to do? ;-)

-Mark Bole Received on Mon Apr 11 2005 - 10:55:05 CDT

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