Offshore all of their work via the big IT consulting companies. This is happening to me. I'm a consultant so I'm rolling with it but it does lead to naval gazing. Maybe, I'll have to fall back to the world's oldest profession ....... developing. _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Cunningham Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:45 AM To: Oracle L Subject: how to prevent DBA burnout? Hi all... I came across this question on twitter (http://twitter.com/Michael_Corey). How do you prevent DBA burnout? I know there are a lot of smart people on this list - any thoughts? I replied via my blog (more than 140 chars!)... here are my 2 cents: