Re: Grooming DBAs ?

No, I haven't either. I was expecting him to get lots of replies poking fun at the idea of DBAs grooming each other like monkeys. ;)

janine

On Oct 10, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Paul Baumgartel wrote:

> This must be a British thing--I've never heard the word used that
> way in the U.S.
>
> On 10/10/05, Niall Litchfield < niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/10/05, VIVEK_SHARMA <VIVEK_SHARMA_at_infosys.com> wrote:
>
> Folks
>
> Need to groom a team of DBAs for internal performance Benchmarks of
> our
> product. This would involve grooming some existing as well as new
> software professionals having a few years of working experience with
> Oracle Databases.
>
>
> Vivek
>
> before you get too many somewhat confusing responses, "grooming"
> has a different meaning in the english speaking world than
> training. It really isn't likely to be the word of choice. For
> example http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3236571.stm might
> give you an idea of the unfortunate connotations your wording may
> produce.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Paul Baumgartel
> paul.baumgartel_at_aya.yale.edu
>

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