Jeff Moden (1/6/2013)
What I've found is that a DBA is usually the voice-of-one against many and that the DBA is usually the only one with a mind out for silly little things like performance, scalability, useablility, archivability, and ease of modification.
I can definitely agree with this. Many times, we are the only voice of reason that protects the integrity of the production databases which we are the caretakers of. Managers, developers, BI folks, etc tend to want what they want when they want it. I have a big sign over my desk for all to see that states: "This is NOT Burger King. You can't always get it your way.":-D
"Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"