Re: Career questions: databases
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:21:58 -0500
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"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
news:1183301545.936378_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
> Neil wrote:
>> While agreeing with your point about resume fluff, in all fairness, the
>> person claimed he was "proficient" in those technologies, not "expert" in
>> them. At what point does one become "proficient"? That's a good question.
>> But I don't think one needs to be able to field live questions from an
>> audience of developers in order to call oneself "proficient."
>>
>> Neil
>
> I appreciate that but to me proficiency has a higher standard than,
> perhaps, for you. Would you call a DBA that writes shell scripts to
> back up 10g database proficient? I wouldn't.
>
> To quote:
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/proficient
>
> pro·ficient·ly adv.
> Synonyms: proficient, adept, skilled, skillful, expert
> These adjectives mean having or showing knowledge, ability, or skill, as
> in a profession or field of study. Proficient implies an advanced degree
> of competence acquired through training:
>
> Note: "advanced degree of competence acquired through training"
What do we call DBAs who are somewhere between incompetent and proficient, and what would their qualifications be? In general, how many levels of DBA ability are there, and what does one have to know/be able to do to qualify for each of them? Received on Sun Jul 01 2007 - 19:21:58 CEST