Re: DBA Skill tree
- From: Jeremy Schneider <jeremy.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: dannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:26:32 -0500
Dan Norris wrote:
While I agree that many "old school" DBAs could handle issues more
readily than some newbies, I'd say that most of the "old school" DBAs
I've encountered in my consulting travels are the "out of touch" type.
That is, they have lost most of the theory and have maintained the
same environment(s) for so long that the problems they can solve are
the ones that happen regularly to them. They faint/fail at new or
unknown issues. That is my personal experience and the new or unknown
issues weren't particularly tough ones. I'd say I've been asked to
provide help (consulting) to more "old school" DBAs than newbies over
my years. However, that's probably also because the "old school" DBAs
are often in larger shops that have bigger environments (and usually
bigger problems to go with them).
To be fair, as a consultant your sample pool is a little weighted in
that direction. The "in touch" old-schoolers don't call you - just the
ones who are out of touch. There's probably a higher proportion of
in-touch old-schoolers than what you would meet on the job, simply by
the nature of what you do.
But to counter my own point, the "out of touch" old-schoolers are
probably the ones on the job market most often... :)
-Jeremy
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