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Mladen Gogala apparently said,on my timestamp of 7/11/2005 6:00 PM:
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> Under the different name, of course. We will be called "performance
> analysts", "database software specialists", "database engineers",
> "database analysts","production engineers" (no joke, a friend of mine got
> a job with that title and her job description includes monitoring, tuning
> and configuration of the company's production oracle database) and alike.
Ah yes: there is always the underlying element of "newspeak". Which
means absolutely nothing as the problems (and the solutions) are
the same, have been the same, for more decades than I care to count.
How about "application support specialist"? It gives an interesting
TLA...
> Mr. Lawrence Peter. It mentions a procedure called "lateral arabesque"
> which involves constant name changes of the same positions, in order for
> people to feel promoted.
It is completely deranged, as you point out.
> distant future or rolling the Dice with my resume. There are many
> opportunities for an experienced DBA. In the US, salaries are on the
> increase.
Of course. All this crap is about is some actual or planned tirade by some deranged ignorant from Gartner or similar, trying to make a name for himself by slagging off professionals and their status.
It would be fun if it wasn't sad...
-- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospamReceived on Mon Nov 07 2005 - 03:37:06 CST