Re: Grooming DBAs ?

Or he could just send them off to the spa for a professional grooming ;-)

Rodd

Janine Sisk wrote:

> 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
>> <mailto:niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/10/05, * VIVEK_SHARMA* <VIVEK_SHARMA_at_infosys.com
>> <mailto: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 <mailto:paul.baumgartel_at_aya.yale.edu>
>>
>

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Rodd Holman
Enterprise Data Systems Engineer
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation
rodd.holman_at_gmail.com

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