What will you call a DBA who has - Applied patch after 4 weeks of testing - Applied patch within 4 hours of getting the patch - Not applied the patch because have better things to do Personally I was Scientist DBA became Gung Ho DBA and than Empathetic DBA. Life goes on. PB Singh PB Singh Tech Project Manager Ph (: 408 424 2777 Email: prsingh1@xxxxxxxxx P Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Goulet, Richard Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:30 PM To: oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [HUMOUR] What kind of DBA are you? I will admit to not being a Burleson fan, but he's got something there that's for sure. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead PAREXEL International ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dba DBA Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:33 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [HUMOUR] What kind of DBA are you? He is missing a few... Production Issue DBA: Anytime a developer asks you a question or for help you say you are busy with a production issue. RTFM DBA: Any time a developer asks you a question you tell them to RTFM. I don't share any info DBA: any time a developer asks you a question you refuse to answer since you don't want them to learn anything you know. Everybody else sucks DBA: This is the type of DBA who constantly complains about developers, managers, etc... and says everyone else sucks. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:16 PM, David Pintor <painterman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Really funny... http://www.dba-oracle.com/art_dbazine_what_kind_dba.htm All the best for 2010. David