Some good point there already Andrew.
One thing I'd add is a basic level of social skills (writing professional
emails, attending or leading a technical phone call with a user or
customer). This is more and more becoming an essential skill to have.
Stefan
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:08 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This could turn into a very interesting conversation. Jumping ahead to the
next question, how would one ascertain if these skills have been achieved?
For instance, let us say you are hiring a candidate DBA - do you have them
perform all 11 (or whatever the current number is) tasks as part of the
interview? Can they be credentialed? Certified?
Or in other words, what is the point of calling these "critical"? (playing
the Devil's advocate here *grin*)
I know Dan Morgan at one point had a dream of applying strict standards to
DBAs, not unlike other professions like doctors. I am sure others have had
similar thoughts over the decades. Is there a need to standardize DBA
skills? Is there a need to have a piece of paper that says you passed a
test? What problem are we trying to solve?
I appreciate that you opened the door. Let's see what's on the other side.
:)
PS - I would tie this into the OT discussion about digital or open badges,
which some want to see replace resumes.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Last night I put up a blog post at dbakerber.wordpress.com on 11
critical skills for the beginning DBA. I plan to follow up by covering each
skill in more detail. I would also be interested in comments from others on
this list on what they consider critical DBA skills. You are welcome to
comment on my blog, or respond (privately, unless others think this might
be a useful discussion on the list) to me with your thoughts.
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