OT : Goodbye (temporarily) + Is Oracle boring?

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>8 years of experience... and I'd like a new Mercedes on a silver =
>platter
>too, please...

>Seems to me after 8 years Oracle may become boring and something else =
>may be more interesting. Anyone been there/done that?

Lisa,

After almost 12 years (??) in Oracle both as a developer and a DBA, it only gets more interesting and challenging, never boring. And I am sure that Oracle 9 & 10 will make life much more interesting. There are other 'old' geezers in this list that have worked with Oracle longer than I have (don't start us off here!) and I am sure they don't find it boring as well. However, there are more 'interesting' things that continue to occupy my spare (and not so spare) time!!

OT : I will be leaving the list soon (temporarily I hope), as I move out of Brunei to the BayArea (B-2-B!!) to work as a DBA/Apps DBA in DBSoft Inc. I have made a lot of friends on this list - too numerous to list. Here's hoping to meet some of y'all face to face Stateside.

Until then: Vanakkam, Sayanora, Auf Wedersehen, Au Revoir, Maa Salaam, Adios, Jumpa Lagi, Tot zeins, Goodbye and all the best!! My 'permanent' address is 'john_sharmila_at_yahoo.com', if you want to write me.

John Kanagaraj
Brunei Shell Petroleum
http://www.geocities.com/john_sharmila

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