Re: Oracle DBA future

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Niall Litchfield <
niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm with the hiring manager. I'd rather have people in my team that could
> work sensibly and professionally with the other members of my team, than a
> technical star who wound everybody, both in the team and customers, up.
> Technical skills - as opposed to aptitude can be trained and usually
> justified fairly straightforwardly. Inter-personal skills are a whole
> different ball game.
>

I agree with this 100%.  I can teach somebody how databases and clusters
work but I can't teach them to be teachable.  And no matter how smart
someone is, there's always new technology and more to learn.  Every single
one of us is in process - still growing - throughout our entire careers.  I
don't mind someone a little earlier on the path - provided that they're
moving down it and not standing still.


-- 
Jeremy Schneider
Chicago, IL
http://www.ardentperf.com/category/technical

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