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there's something about tidying up bit of unusued database space and making queries look prettier and nicer that appeals to us!
Other than that, maybe it is because it is actually a job where you need to be organised and good at interfacing with users
there's something about tidying up bit of unusued database space and making queries look prettier and nicer that appeals to us!
Other than that, maybe it is because it is actually a job where you need to be organised and good at interfacing with users
LOL "interfacing with users" ALL dba's men and women are USELESS at interfacing with users.
Well you see being a DBA is all about "Cleaning up" or "cleaning" the data and one talks sometimes of "Babysitting" the database when it goes in to production.
You've got it BB! A database is a big baby really - unable to do anything by itself, it needs pampering, developing, handling with care, and repairing when men... err I mean developers mess it up!
Harry, it is a popular misocnception that DBAs never interface with anyone. In fact, we interface with people much more than developers - a lot of our work is about fixing problems, a bit like front-line support
On one site I worked at - Viatel I think it was. There was a problem with the production Oracle DB and it went into inconsistent mode and would not start stop or anything. Well the contract "DBA" there did not know what to do.
I would like to say that it was a woman, but he wasn't.
Anyway he is now a permy I think.
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