May 5, 2011 at 7:38 am
Brandie Tarvin (5/5/2011)
Most people I meet assume DBA means "Doing Business As" and invariably ask "Doing business as what?"I'm going to start responding with "A janitor for programmers."
Honestly, with all the bad data that gets passed to our systems, doesn't it feel like we're exactly that?
I'm a programmer... so is Gail.
"Grant"ed we don't work for you :w00t:.
May 5, 2011 at 7:49 am
Ninja's_RGR'us (5/5/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (5/5/2011)
Most people I meet assume DBA means "Doing Business As" and invariably ask "Doing business as what?"I'm going to start responding with "A janitor for programmers."
Honestly, with all the bad data that gets passed to our systems, doesn't it feel like we're exactly that?
I'm a programmer... so is Gail.
"Grant"ed we don't work for you :w00t:.
Heh. I'm glad you didn't take insult at that. @=) But people wouldn't understand "A janitor for users."
Oh, wait. Even better: "A janitor for data entry clerks." (Given that I used to be one, I can definitely get away with that.)
May 5, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Warehouse manager/computer logistics: keeping the computerprograms supplied with data.
May 5, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Grant Fritchey (4/29/2011)
I just talk about the information on a form, like a drivers license. It all gets stored somewhere and I'm the guy that manages the stuff that does the storing.
You work at the DMV, then? That's the response I got from someone when I used a similar explanation. 😀
May 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm
OCTom (5/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/29/2011)
I just talk about the information on a form, like a drivers license. It all gets stored somewhere and I'm the guy that manages the stuff that does the storing.You work at the DMV, then? That's the response I got from someone when I used a similar explanation. 😀
Well you do! :hehe:
May 6, 2011 at 5:57 am
May 6, 2011 at 6:02 am
calvo (5/6/2011)
By "vulgarize" I thought you meant something completely different..."DBAs do it from the back end"?
We need buttons!!!
I've been thinking about getting myself a button maker anyway. Hand those out at SQL Saturdays or something. @=)
If you don't mind me stealing it, that is.
May 6, 2011 at 6:19 am
May 6, 2011 at 7:05 am
calvo (5/6/2011)
By "vulgarize" I thought you meant something completely different..."DBAs do it from the back end"?
Lol very funny 😉 I really enjoy the community od SQLServerCentral.
I meant, of course, a way to describe the DBA's job to someone who has, for example, no idea what a database is.
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May 6, 2011 at 10:50 am
calvo (5/6/2011)
i want royalties. lol.I'm sure we could think of a whole ton of great sayings like that.
DBAs: We monitor your packet-size.
DBAs: Scanning the bar, but seeking a date.
... I'll stop, they're only going to get worse, those are at least polite. 🙂
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May 7, 2011 at 6:07 am
I describe my job as being for databases a bit like what a mechanic is for a car. You check the oils and the air in the tires every so often, and occasionally you have to deal with "there's a funny noise coming from..."
And of course there's the tweaking them to make them go faster 😎
I suppose the only difference is that the price of database petrol gets cheaper over the years 🙂
June 24, 2011 at 3:18 am
I tell people that I work with database and offer that if they have sleep problems I'l explain exactly what I do.
Most get the idea.
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June 24, 2011 at 10:50 am
I tried explaining what I do to someone who is not computer savvy and i got compared to a librarian... sigh. Now I just say I work with computers.
June 25, 2011 at 12:58 am
I just say that I work in I.T. with Databases. If they ask beyond that, I say SQL Server databases. If I get a blank look, I make them go buy me a beer.
June 28, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Brandie Tarvin (5/5/2011)
Most people I meet assume DBA means "Doing Business As" and invariably ask "Doing business as what?"
I used to get that a lot too...
So now when I'm asked "what's a DBA?"
Don't Bother Asking.
Computer stuff...
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