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brutal, absolutely brutal...
Rachel, can ya out-source your sacrificial lamb for our use as well:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:wisernet100@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:54 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: Re[2]: another OCP question -- help me guys
Now I understand their use, I shall immediately go out and hire an art
history major as the deparmental sacrifical lamb (and dartboard while
we are at it)
I'm still a hands-on DBA, although I have some paperwork
responsibilities as well. Not management, other than my own work :)
Rachel
--- Mladen Gogala <mladen@wangtrading.com> wrote:
>
> On 01/07/2004 10:19:25 AM, Rachel Carmichael wrote:
>
> > Oh yeah -- how does having a college degree in art history make a
> > person a better DBA? how does my degree, which is in computer
> science
> > but which is 28 years old, have anything to do with current
> programming
> > and database work?
>
> Believe it or not, a college degree in art history really does help
> in two ways.
> First, people exposed to sufficient quantity of art tend to be nobler
> and more
> spiritual, according to the popular beliefs, then cynical
> mathematicians and
> computer geeks like me. Being noble and spiritual means that they
> don't fight
> back but do as they're told which makes them into good corporate
> drones. Art
> history is like an army boot camp for wannabe geeks. Their appearance
> also tends
> to be much more pleasant and polished then an appearance of a hard
> core computer
> geek.
> Second, art history majors make perfect sacrificial lambs. An art
> history major in
> IT department can be blamed for anything from bad weather, corrupt
> backup tape to
> stupid application design. My understanding is that you've moved to
> the management,
> which is the move that I admire and respect. As a manager, you should
> know the value
> of a sacrificial lamb that can be blamed for anything. If you want to
> make the next
> step in your career, the step from management to damagement, you'll
> have to learn
> how to play the blame shifting game. Art history majors are priceless
> for that.
> --
> Mladen Gogala
> Oracle DBA
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net
> --
> Author: Mladen Gogala
> INET: mladen@wangtrading.com
>
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