RE: Oracle DBA future

That's all fine and dandy if you have the $$ and time to train
someone...  But unfortunately, I've seen my share of companies which
didn't invest in their employees as much as they should.    I've also
seen more problems with having technically incompetent members on a
team, than a star who lacks inter-personal skills.   But, I'll agree,
having either one on your team can be bad... I have experienced both and
neither one was enjoyable.    

 

Regardless, whether or not you're looking for someone with personal
skills that is teachable or a technical star with personal skills you
still have the same problem.   You have to find them.  

 

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From: Jeremy Schneider [mailto:jeremy.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 3:52 PM
To: niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Best, David; HelenJMitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: 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.



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