Re: Are Oracle DBAs trivialized?

> You are lucky and your situation is not the norm. Relish it.

It isnt the norm because people are willing to let their working life infultrate their home life. It should be the norm that employees give you the training you need to do your job better for them.

> One should learn at home not for the employer but for oneself. How are
> you going to become proficient with RMAN if your employer doesn't use
> it? Are you going to fake your next job interview? How about DataGuard?
> How about RAC? How about any one of a huge number of options.

These are technologies that need to be learn to determine if they will suit their business needs. How can your employers determine if they need these technologies if none of their workers know anything about it. Our company does not use RAC but 2 of us have been trained and learnt about this in work hours to determine if our company would benifit from it. The company saves so much in the long run. Who wants to spend millions on a technology that they dont need (thanks to fast talking sales people), with no staff with the knowledge to use it. Up until 6 months ago, we were not using RMAN because none of the workers really knew anything about it. Someone got the training, relised the benifits and now we are have all had training in it and use it on a day to day basis.

> This is not about your employer ... it is about yourself.
>
> And it should be noted that physicians, attorneys, engineers, CPAs, etc.
> have been doing it for decades.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)
Received on Tue Apr 12 2005 - 18:09:00 CDT