John - I so agree - trouble was the post wasn't ironic enough to be properly funny!!

btw. I'd never ask the format of a dbcc command in an interview and would take a dim view of anyone who asked me!

Getting experience? Yeah it's a problem, I've tried to tell clients they should consider looking at training up people so that they have a chance of having skills on hand, sadly mostly they think only of promoting someone from another area of iT which often does not work as skills in one area don't usually cross to another, and dba skills are somewhat of an art form I sometimes think.