I was always taught to Say NO now whats the question/ request - ? ! and actually minimising change does achieve stability! 2010/1/6 Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> > I would call that individual HUMAN. > > > *Dick Goulet*** > Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead > PAREXEL International > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pratap Singh -X (prsingh1 - Abacus at Cisco) [mailto: > prsingh1@xxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:58 PM > *To:* Goulet, Richard; oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx; > oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > *Subject:* RE: [HUMOUR] What kind of DBA are you? > > What will you call a DBA who has > > - Applied patch after 4 weeks of testing > > - Applied patch within 4 hours of getting the patch > > - Not applied the patch because have better things to do > > Personally I was Scientist DBA became Gung Ho DBA and than Empathetic DBA. > > Life goes on. > > PB Singh > > > > PB Singh > Tech Project Manager > Ph (: 408 424 2777 > Email: prsingh1@xxxxxxxxx > > [image: Cisco] > > P *Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you > really need to.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Goulet, Richard > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:30 PM > *To:* oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: [HUMOUR] What kind of DBA are you? > > > > I will admit to not being a Burleson fan, but he's got something there > that's for sure. > > > > *Dick Goulet* > Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead > PAREXEL International > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Dba DBA > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:33 PM > *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Re: [HUMOUR] What kind of DBA are you? > > He is missing a few... > > > > Production Issue DBA: Anytime a developer asks you a question or for help > you say you are busy with a production issue. > > > > RTFM DBA: Any time a developer asks you a question you tell them to RTFM. > > > > I don't share any info DBA: any time a developer asks you a question you > refuse to answer since you don't want them to learn anything you know. > > > > Everybody else sucks DBA: This is the type of DBA who constantly complains > about developers, managers, etc... and says everyone else sucks. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:16 PM, David Pintor <painterman@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Really funny... > > http://www.dba-oracle.com/art_dbazine_what_kind_dba.htm > > All the best for 2010. > > David > > > -- Howard A. Latham