Next Stop: GERMANY! Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joerg Jost Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:02 AM To: Oracle L Subject: Re: how to prevent DBA burnout? Am Montag, den 30.03.2009, 09:57 -0400 schrieb Maria Gurenich: > I would add: as a DBA, I appreciate if my boss is reasonably lavish > with the budget. having grid control, diagnose packs, other handy > monitor tools makes my live way too easier.. :) > > and, vacation, vacation, vacation!!! not less than 3 weeks (for > starters) :)))))))))) Please, don't let german bosses read this. We do have an average of 30 Days, wich means 6 Weeks of Vacation ;) By Jörg Jost -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l