Re: Remote DBA
- From: Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:44:47 -0300
Well, my concern is that if you are hiring someone from another country it's
hard to measure their exprience. I've often found it hard to assess
someone's experience in an interview (in those annoying interviews where we
are not supposed to evaluate the technical skill of the interviewee) based
just on general questions. I've also had the other kind of interviews, where
I can ask anything I want and get a good idea of their skill and whether
it's plausible they have the experience they state in their resume.
Conducting a proper technical interview is a very good option, and
references are not always possible, I usually don't put them in my resume
and if I am asked for references then I specifically tell contact my
references and ask for their permission to supply their contact, so this
takes one or two days.
What makes the right kind of person for work from home? How do you evaluate
this in an interview (remote or otherwise)?
cheers
Alan.-
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Matthew Zito <mzito@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Oh, I hit send too soon. Of course, you expect that you have to verify the
> experience of the person you're talking to. If they can't verify
> employment, pass tech interviews, have professional references, etc., it's a
> non-starter.
>
> But if you can do those things, it's possible to have the right kind of
> people be able to work from home.
>
>
> Matt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Kerry Osborne
> Sent: Sun 9/26/2010 5:42 PM
> To: cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: oracle-l-freelists
> Subject: Re: Remote DBA
>
> No.
>
> I wouldn't hire anyone whose experience I couldn't verify. I've hired
> several people I haven't met in person though. Skype works pretty well.
>
> Kerry Osborne
> Enkitec
> blog: kerryosborne.oracle-guy.com
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> On Sep 26, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Guillermo Alan Bort wrote:
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> > Hi List,
> >
> > I've been reading a lot about remote DBA services, these appear to be
> companies based on different locations that provide customers with DBA
> services while having all the DBAs physically in one location (or a limited
> number of locations). These services are usually hired by companies whose
> primary focus isn't IT.
> >
> > My question now is...would this work in reverse? Having several DBAs
> working out of their own homes in whatever city or country they want for a
> single company (or for one of the remote DBA services)? I understand the
> complexities of having people without Green Cards or working VISAS working
> for US based companies, even if they are now physically in the US.
> >
> > This one may be for recruiters or decision makers: Would you hire
> somebody you've never met (or met only by phone) who lives in another
> country (worst case) and whose experience you can't verify if they asked for
> half of what an on-site DBA would?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Alan.-
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