jaminbw (3/9/2014)
Grant,Thanks for this article. I relate to this so much.
I do want to be responsive to needs of operations but, I hate how often I am seen as the "evil DBA" when I simply question why something is being requested and not doing a rubber stamp version of a code review before deploying into a production server.
Agree - I tried to get away from the stereotypical "NO" dba to one who asks "why" to a lot of requests. It's taken a few months here with the limited team that there is to get them to realise I am not being akward - I'm actually trying to make life better for both of us.
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