Re: The DBA in the IS organization

Funny... I came in today to get out of my house. But I guess that's what 2 kids under 3 will do to you... : )

Rodd Holman wrote:

> Dave,
> In our organization we have the DBA's/UNIX SA's under IS Operations. We are
> primarily responsible for production support, but are also assigned to
> project teams for development. As for reporting we report to the Dir. of IS
> Ops who is at same level as Dir of App. Dev. Both of them report to the VP.
> What that ammounts to is that we don't answer to the developers. We set
> things up and tell them (with tact) how it's going to be. Makes for more
> stable environments.
>
> BTW, I'm also working today. From home though. The smell of chocolate
> brownies in the oven beats stale office air any day. Talk your boss into
> VPN and some remote control software (VNC or some such) for weekend support.
> That way the only thing you have to be in the office for on weekends is when
> you actually need to get your hands on a machine.
>
> Rodd Holman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 6:55 AM
>
> > I am wondering how my fellow DBA's fit into their IS organization. My
> > situation is this. I was hired just a little over a year ago as a DBA but
> > my official title is network programmer. Except for some job scripting I
> > have not done any coding. I am the only DBA for 5 Oracle databases and 4
> > SQL Server installations. Currently my boss is the head of development.
> I
> > work with the developers and with the network admins equally. I sometimes
> > feel a bit of a conflict with me being under the developers. I have been
> > thinking about approaching the VP of IS about having me be under him
> rather
> > than being under development. I feel I need to have equal footing with
> the
> > development managers and with the network admins. Right now I am kind in
> > limbo with no real authority.
> > So anyway, I am just wondering where you fit in your organization and what
> > is the appropriate place for the DBA.
> > And yes I got called into work. Sucks to be me today. :o)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dave
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