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pixel
29-10-2008, 12:17
WARNING!

This will not be funny for people who do not work in IT

:( I feel geeky because I laughed

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DBA: You want answers?

Manager: I think I'm entitled to them.

DBA: You want answers?

Manager: I want the truth!

DBA: You can't handle the truth! We live in a world that has SQL Servers, and those SQL Servers have to be guarded by SQL DBA's. Who's gonna do it? You? YOU!? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.

You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know...

In my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, it protects SQL Servers... You don't want the truth, because deep down; in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me protecting that SQL Server. You *need* me on that SQL Server.

We use words like honor, T-Sql code and loyalty... we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very protection I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it!

I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way.
Otherwise, I suggest you pick up an understanding of SQL Server and start writing some code. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!

Manager: Did you order the T-Sql code font red?

DBA: (quietly) I did the job you sent me to do.

Manager: Did you order the T-Sql code font red?

DBA: You're goddamn right I did!

giga191
29-10-2008, 12:20
I didn't understand this at all, why did you post this if I wouldn't understand it?

:mad:

vampire
29-10-2008, 12:22
Hahahah thats hilarious! :D (i happen to be installing a MSSQL 2k5 server atm :( )

pixel
29-10-2008, 12:23
and i was about to apologise to giga... :p

i did put a warning on it that it wouldn't be funny outside of the industry :p

hinch
29-10-2008, 12:27
i smiled :)

Pete
30-10-2008, 05:23
As much as I love creating erd's, I love it even more that I have someone to do it for me. I know how to create databases, but I so hate to sit there creating the diagrams making sure all the relationships are correct. I always get impatient and just head off to coding, assuming I'll just make changes to the DB later.

I don't mind managing one, I just hate having to create it, I just don't have the patients for it.

Anyways, without the front end, DBA's would be useless. And yes, without a DB, the front end would be useless, but clients don't care about the DB, they just care what they see and can access:closedeye

pixel
30-10-2008, 08:01
that is completly true! its like several years ago when nobody appreciated computing technology even though it was essentially running their lives, now everybody has come to appreciate the power of computers but there are still niche markets that the mass public simply don't understand or in some cases even know they exist...