You and Michael Fontana have it right. I was a Programmer/Analyst in my = last gig and prepared many papers and powerpoint presentations. I was = constantly doing papers on every aspect of project sizing, tool = selection, business analysis, disaster recovery, and failure analysis. = Now as a DBA I attend only one or two technical meetings a week and = haven't done a paper or powerpoint presentation since I have been here. = It was kind of shocking to see how a change of title changed everyone's = perception of me. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael McMullen Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 12:17 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: MBA for database people I think if you're looking at an MBA you're looking at a career change. = MBA's manage people/projects not databases. I thought about it but the idea of countless hours of meetings, time spent preparing powerpoint = presentations turned me off. My brother in law was programmer who wanted more in IT so he got his = MBA. He's now in India 10 days/month working on the final stages of = offshoring all of his companies programmers/development. No joke. Don't think he = has many friends left in the department but I don't think he cares. Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------