Comments on: Becoming a DBA – the Right and Not-So-Right Reasons http://www.sqlmusings.com/2010/01/26/becoming-a-dba-the-right-and-not-so-right-reasons/ ramblings, discoveries, tutorials on sql server and other database stuff Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tim Mitchell http://www.sqlmusings.com/2010/01/26/becoming-a-dba-the-right-and-not-so-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-5209 Tim Mitchell Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:09:43 +0000 http://www.sqlmusings.com/?p=1174#comment-5209 Good post. You're right that a person should at least have a modest liking of databases to be an effective database professional - you <em>can</em> do the job and still hate it, but you won't have that natural curiosity to learn all you can about your trade if it's just a job. Apart from that, if someone doesn't enjoy their career (whatever it is), there's probably something that they're better at. Life's too short to spend 1/3 of it doing something you hate. Good post. You’re right that a person should at least have a modest liking of databases to be an effective database professional – you can do the job and still hate it, but you won’t have that natural curiosity to learn all you can about your trade if it’s just a job.

Apart from that, if someone doesn’t enjoy their career (whatever it is), there’s probably something that they’re better at. Life’s too short to spend 1/3 of it doing something you hate.

]]> By: John Sansom http://www.sqlmusings.com/2010/01/26/becoming-a-dba-the-right-and-not-so-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-4594 John Sansom Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:33:41 +0000 http://www.sqlmusings.com/?p=1174#comment-4594 Personally, I have always loved working with database technology. That said I can also appreciate why it just may not be some people’s cup of tea. It takes a certain type of character to be a DBA in my opinion and so it is naturally not going to be suited or more importantly appealing, to all types of people. Sure even I have my off days just like everyone else, where the last thing I want to do is go anywhere near a computer, never mind a database. That’s because you can have too much of a good thing. Being passionate about SQL Server means you immerse yourself in the subject matter, dedicating much of your free time to the pursuit of knowledge. As with most things in life, it’s all about moderation :-) Great post! Personally, I have always loved working with database technology. That said I can also appreciate why it just may not be some people’s cup of tea. It takes a certain type of character to be a DBA in my opinion and so it is naturally not going to be suited or more importantly appealing, to all types of people.

Sure even I have my off days just like everyone else, where the last thing I want to do is go anywhere near a computer, never mind a database. That’s because you can have too much of a good thing. Being passionate about SQL Server means you immerse yourself in the subject matter, dedicating much of your free time to the pursuit of knowledge.

As with most things in life, it’s all about moderation :-)

Great post!

]]> By: belle http://www.sqlmusings.com/2010/01/26/becoming-a-dba-the-right-and-not-so-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-4578 belle Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:59:46 +0000 http://www.sqlmusings.com/?p=1174#comment-4578 I didn't like databases before either. I was more interested in programming, but as I got to work with databases more and more, I just learned to love working with it more and more too. Interesting, you remind me of another classmate I had too - he made the same comment (about databases being boring) - at the end of the program though he admitted he was surprised he learned to enjoy working with it... I didn’t like databases before either. I was more interested in programming, but as I got to work with databases more and more, I just learned to love working with it more and more too.
Interesting, you remind me of another classmate I had too – he made the same comment (about databases being boring) – at the end of the program though he admitted he was surprised he learned to enjoy working with it…

]]> By: Russjohnson http://www.sqlmusings.com/2010/01/26/becoming-a-dba-the-right-and-not-so-right-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-4577 Russjohnson Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:54:15 +0000 http://www.sqlmusings.com/?p=1174#comment-4577 I have to admit when I was in college I said "I don't know why anyone would want to be a DBA. Seems like the most boring job around." Years later I got involved with databases for career advancement and in that quest I came to love databases. I have to admit when I was in college I said “I don’t know why anyone would want to be a DBA. Seems like the most boring job around.” Years later I got involved with databases for career advancement and in that quest I came to love databases.

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