RE: Oracle DBA future

 

I ask a lot of what-if questions.   At some point I want them to say,
"I'd stop and call for back-up."  or "I'd call Oracle and open a TAR."

 

 

 My standard response to an interview production crisis/rman restore
type question is

 

a)      Go for a cup of coffee - always make them sit up and take notice

b)      Log a tar - just in case

c)      Involve whoever is in the office - i.e sanity check what you are
doing

 

Many years I thought I knew what I was doing and I dived in and made a
right mess of things by deleting my current controlfiles. Well before
RMAN was in place I might add.  There is more benefit in being cautious
and being right than being quick and being wrong. Saying that you still
need to know what to do but double-checking never does any harm.

 

I also recall interviewing a DBA contractor who said something like "I
have made my mistakes at other people's expense, that is why you are
hiring me". Afterwards my manager thought he was arrogant but I could
see the value in what he said and we took him on to everybody's
satisfaction.

 

 

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