Re: To be or not to be a DBA

From: Toby Brown <toby_brown_at_optusnet.com.au>
Date: 15 Feb 2004 04:52:51 -0800
Message-ID: <2a84f50c.0402150452.1d316333@posting.google.com>

Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1076619202.859820_at_yasure>...

>
> 2. If by lucrative you mean dollars I'd suggest you are motivated by
> the wrong thing and I'd prefer to not work with you. The compensation
> can be roughly comparable ... but your decision making process is one
> that gives me very negative feelings.
>
> 3. I already have. Your emphasis on money rather than on doing something
> you enjoy leads me to believe you are setting yourself up to be a very
> unhappy person.

Gees, easy there Daniel. What makes you think that he doesn't enjoy DB administration and is only interested in it for money?

I don't think you should pass judgement like this on people you don't really know. I mean there is nowhere in the post that the guy said that he didn't enjoy DB administration. In fact it attracted him enough that he did a certification!!

If one happens to enjoy doing both app dev and DB admin then what's wrong with making a decision based on money? We are, after all, living in a capatilist society..

One could also choose not to work with people who have a judgemental nature.. Received on Sun Feb 15 2004 - 06:52:51 CST